Species

Arthropodium bifurcatum

Etymology

Arthropodium: From the Greek words arthron 'joint' and pous 'foot', referring to the jointed floral foot stalks.
bifurcatum: From the Latin bi- 'two' and furcus 'fork', meaning two-pronged
bifurcatum: split into two or forked

Common Name(s)

Rengarenga Lily

Current Conservation Status

2012 - At Risk - Relict

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 - Relict
2004 - Not Threatened

Qualifiers

2012 - PD
2009 - PD

Authority

Arthropodium bifurcatum Heenan, A.D.Mitchell et de Lange

Family

Asparagaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Native

NVS Species Code

ARTBIF

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

Monocotyledonous Herbs

Flower Colours

White

Chromosome No.

2n = 44

Endemic Taxon

Yes

Endemic Genus

No

Endemic Family

No

Life Cycle and Dispersal

Seeds are dispersed by wind (Thorsen et al., 2009)

Where To Buy

Common in cultivation and widely available from most nurseries under the cultivar names A. cirratum cv. White Knight or cv. Matapouri Bay.

References and further reading

Thorsen, M. J.; Dickinson, K. J. M.; Seddon, P. J. 2009. Seed dispersal systems in the New Zealand flora. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 2009 Vol. 11 No. 4 pp. 285-309

This page last updated on 6 Apr 2017