Pseudopanax colensoi

Pseudopanax colensoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Araliaceae
Genus: Pseudopanax
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Species: P. colensoi
Binomial name
Pseudopanax colensoi

Pseudopanax colensoi is a species of evergreen plant.[1] This species is native to New Zealand. An example occurrence in central Westland podocarp/broadleaf forests includes flora associates such as Cyathea smithii and Dicksonia squarrosa, Rumohra adiantiformis, Ascarina lucida, Pseudowintera colorata and Blechnum discolor.[2] The maximum height of this plant is 5 meters and it is the preferred food of possums.[3]

References

Line notes

  1. Peter Wardle. 1991
  2. C. Michael Hogan. 2009
  3. http://www.taranakiplants.net.nz/natives/montane/pse_colensoi.html, retrieved on 9 January 2012.


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