Biology:Apodasmia similis

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Apodasmia similis
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Restionaceae
Genus: Apodasmia
Species:
A. similis
Binomial name
Apodasmia similis
B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson[1]
Synonyms

Leptocarpus similis Edgar

Apodasmia similis, also known as oioi or jointed wire rush, is a plant that is endemic to New Zealand. It is a coastal plant but is also found around peat bogs and hot springs. It flowers from October to December and bears fruit from December to March.

Importance

Apodasmia similis, along with Empodisma minus, are the respective host plants of the two species of leafhoppers, Paracephaleus hudsoni and Paracephaleus curtus, native to New Zealand.[2]

See also

  • Wetlands of New Zealand

References

  1. Briggs, B.G.; Johnson, L.A.S. 1998: New combinations arising from a new classification of non-African Restionaceae. Telopea 8(1): 21-33.
  2. Walker, Annette; Larivière, Marie-Claude (2014-07-01). "Confirmation of host plant relationships between the two species of waka leafhoppers, Paracephaleus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Ulopinae) and rushes in New Zealand" (in en). The Wētā 47: 12–16. https://weta.ento.org.nz/index.php/weta/article/view/157. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4780164 entry