Biology:Azorella schizeilema

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Azorella schizeilema
Pozoa reniformis-Botany of Antarctica-PL011-0027.jpg
A. schizeilema as Pozoa reniformis (Plate XI - Walter Fitch)[1]

Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS)[2]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Azorella
Species:
A. schizeilema
Binomial name
Azorella schizeilema
G.M.Plunkett & A.N.Nicolas[3][4]
Synonyms[3]

Pozoa reniformis Hook.f.
Schizeilema reniforme (Hook.f.) Domin

Azorella schizeilema is a species of cushion plant in the Apiaceae family, native to the Auckland and Campbell Islands.[3]

If flowers from November to February, and fruits from November to March.[5]

Taxonomy

Azorella schizeilema was described as Pozoa reniformis by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1844,[6] and illustrated in the accompanying 1852 volume by Walter Hood Fitch.[1] Then, in 1908, Karel Domin reassigned it to the genus, Schizeilema.[3][7] In 2017, G.M.Plunkett & A.N.Nicolas assigned it to the genus, Azorella, in an attempt to create a monophyletic genus.[4]

Conservation status

In 2009 and 2012, it was declared "At Risk - Naturally Uncommon" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[5] In 2018 its status remained as "At Risk - Naturally Uncommon" due to its restricted range.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q56611398 entry