Azorella polaris | |
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Azorella polaris on Campbell Island | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Apiales |
Family: | Apiaceae |
Genus: | Azorella |
Species: | A. polaris
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Binomial name | |
Azorella polaris (Hombr. & Jacquinot) G.M.Plunkett & A.N.Nicolas (2016)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Azorella 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.
A. polaris was used as a food source and a scurvy preventative by early explorers and sealers. [2] [3] It was eaten by the survivors of the 1907 shipwreck of the Dundonald on Disappointment Island. [4] [3]
It is classified as "At Risk - Naturally Uncommon" in the New Zealand threatened plants classification system. [5] On Macquarie Island, it was threatened by introduced black rats and European rabbits, [2] until their eradication in 2011.
Azorella polaris | |
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Azorella polaris on Campbell Island | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Apiales |
Family: | Apiaceae |
Genus: | Azorella |
Species: | A. polaris
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Binomial name | |
Azorella polaris (Hombr. & Jacquinot) G.M.Plunkett & A.N.Nicolas (2016)
[1]
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Azorella 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.
A. polaris was used as a food source and a scurvy preventative by early explorers and sealers. [2] [3] It was eaten by the survivors of the 1907 shipwreck of the Dundonald on Disappointment Island. [4] [3]
It is classified as "At Risk - Naturally Uncommon" in the New Zealand threatened plants classification system. [5] On Macquarie Island, it was threatened by introduced black rats and European rabbits, [2] until their eradication in 2011.