Sporadanthus ferrugineus

Sporadanthus ferrugineus, the bamboo rush or giant wire rush, is a plant endemic to New Zealand. In 2011, it was voted "Plant of the Year" in a poll run by the New Zealand Plant Conservation Network.[3] Described in 1999,[4] S. ferrugineus was first considered to be the same species as Sporadanthus traversii which is native to northern parts of the Chatham Islands to the south of New Zealand and the Southern Tablelands in Australia.[4] S. ferrugineus is the only known food source for the moth Houdinia flexilissima.[5]

Sporadanthus ferrugineus
Sporadanthus ferrugineus growing at the bog of Moanatuatua Scientific Reserve

Relict (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Restionaceae
Genus: Sporadanthus
Species:
S. ferrugineus
Binomial name
Sporadanthus ferrugineus
de Lange, Heenan & B.D.Clarkson [2]

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, it is classified as "At Risk - Relict" (It has both a restricted range, and its documented decline shows it as now occupying less than 10% of its former range, but the population is considered stable.)[1]

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References
  1. de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla, J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.M.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R. (2018-05-01). "Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 22: 38. OCLC 1041649797.
  2. P.J. de Lange; P.B. Heenan; B.D. Clarkson & B. R. Clarkson (1999). "Taxonomy, ecology, and conservation of Sporadanthus (Restionaceae) in New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 37 (3): 413–431. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1999.9512645.
  3. "Rush blitzes competition". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. 18 December 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  4. de Lange, Peter J.; Heenan, Peter B.; Clarkson, B. D.; Clarkson, B. R. (1999). "Taxonomy, ecology, and conservation of Sporadanthus (Restionaceae) in New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 37 (3): 413–431. doi:10.1080/0028825x.1999.9512645. ISSN 0028-825X.
  5. Hoare, Robert; Dugdale, John; Watts, Corinne (2006-11-02). "The world's thinnest caterpillar? A new genus and species of Batrachedridae (Lepidoptera) from Sporadanthus ferrugineus (Restionaceae), a threatened New Zealand plant". Invertebrate Systematics. 20 (5): 571–583. doi:10.1071/is06009. ISSN 1447-2600 – via Researchgate.


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