Species
Astelia grandis
Etymology
Astelia: Stemless
grandis: big
Common Name(s)
SwampSwamp:
Low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog. They are more fertile and less acidic than bogs because inflowing water brings silt, clay and organic matter. Typical swamp plants include raupo, purei and harakeke (flax). Zonation and succession often leads through manuka to kahikatea swamp forest as soil builds up and drainage improves.
Current Conservation Status
2012 - Not Threatened
Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012
The conservation status of all known New Zealand
vascular plantVascular plant:
A plant that possesses specialised conducting tissue (xylem and phloem). This includes flowering plants, conifers and ferns but excludes mosses, algae, lichens and liverworts.
Taxa:
Taxonomic groups. Used to refer to a group at any level e.g., genus, species or subspecies.
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 - Not Threatened
2004 - Not Threatened
Authority
Astelia grandis Hook.f. ex Kirk
Family
Asteliaceae
Flora Category
Vascular - NativeNative:
Naturally occurring in New Zealand (i.e., not introduced accidentally or deliberately by humans).
ASTGRA
The
National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation
surveySurvey:
Collection of observations on the spatial distribution or presence or absence of species using standardised procedures.
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
Synonyms
Astelia nervosa var. grandis (Kirk) Ckn. et Allan
Chromosome No.
2n = 140
EndemicEndemic:
Unique or confined to a place or region, found naturally nowhere else.
Taxon:
A taxonomic group. Used to refer to a group at any level e.g., genus, species or subspecies.
Yes
EndemicEndemic:
Unique or confined to a place or region, found naturally nowhere else.
Genus:
A taxonomic rank of closely related forms that is further subdivided in to species (plural = genera). In a scientific name (e.g., Sicyos australis), the first word is the genus, the second the species.
No
EndemicEndemic:
Unique or confined to a place or region, found naturally nowhere else.
No
Life Cycle and Dispersal
Fleshy berries are dispersed by frugivory (Thorsen et al., 2009).
This page last updated on 10 May 2014