Pilularia novae-hollandiae

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Species

Pilularia novae-hollandiae

Common Name(s)

Pillwort

Current Conservation Status

2012 - Not Threatened

Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012
The conservation status of all known New Zealand vascular plant taxa at the rank of species and below were reassessed in 2012 using the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS). This report includes a statistical summary and brief notes on changes since 2009 and replaces all previous NZTCS lists for vascular plants. Authors: Peter J. de Lange, Jeremy R. Rolfe, Paul D. Champion, Shannel P. Courtney, Peter B. Heenan, John W. Barkla, Ewen K. Cameron, David A. Norton and Rodney A. Hitchmough. File size: 792KB

Previous Conservation Status

2009 - At Risk - Naturally Uncommon
2004 - Not Threatened

Qualifiers

2009 - SP

Authority

Pilularia novae-hollandiae A.Braun

Family

Marsileaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Native

NVS Species Code

PILNOV

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Ferns

Synonyms

Calamistrum novae-zelandiae (Kirk) Kuntze; Pilularia novae-zelandiae Kirk; Calamistrum novae-hollandiae (A.Braun) Kuntze;

Distribution

North Island from Lake Whangape. South Island lakes and tarns. Also found in Australia (Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales and Western Australia).

Habitat

An aquatic or semi-aquatic plant found in mud or silt of shallow rivers and on the seasonally inundated margins of streams and rivers. Often found among grasses and sedges in damp mud, bogs and swamps.

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