Biology:Stilbocarpa polaris
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Short description: Species of plant
| Stilbocarpa polaris | |
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| Stilbocarpa polaris on Campbell Island | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Araliaceae |
| Genus: | Stilbocarpa |
| Species: | S. polaris
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| Binomial name | |
| Stilbocarpa polaris (Homb. et Jacq.) Gray
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Stilbocarpa polaris, commonly known as the Macquarie Island cabbage, is a species of flowering plant usually placed in the family Araliaceae and only very distantly related to cabbage. It is a megaherb, growing up to about a metre in height, native to the subantarctic islands of New Zealand and to Australia ’s Macquarie Island.
Uses
S. polaris was used as a food source and a scurvy preventative by early explorers and sealers.[1]
Conservation status
It is classified as "At Risk - Naturally Uncommon" in the New Zealand threatened plants classification system.[2] On Macquarie Island, it was threatened by introduced black rats and European rabbits,[1] until their eradication in 2011.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Skotnicki, M.; Selkirk, P.; Kitajima, E.; McBride, T.; Shaw, J.; Mackenzie, A. (January 2003). "The first subantarctic plant virus report: Stilbocarpa mosaic bacilliform badnavirus (SMBV) from Macquarie Island". Polar Biology 26 (1): 1–7. doi:10.1007/s00300-002-0421-8.
- ↑ de Lange, Peter (2012). Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. Department of Conservation. ISBN 978-0-478-14995-1. http://www.doc.govt.nz/Documents/science-and-technical/nztcs3entire.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q3973531 entry
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