Dracophyllum_filifolium

<i>Dracophyllum filifolium</i>

Dracophyllum filifolium

Species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae

Dracophyllum filifolium is a species of shrub or tree endemic to the North, South, and Stewart Islands of New Zealand. It was first described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1853 and gets the specific epithet filifolium for its leaves being like a filament. In the heath family Ericaceae, it inhabits mountain slopes, saddles and ridges and reaches a height of 1–4 m (3–13 ft).[2][3] A 2017 assessment using the New Zealand Threat Classification System classified it as "Not Threatened", giving it an estimated population of more than 100,000.[1]

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    1. [1]
      "Assessment details for Dracophyllum filifolium Hook.f." New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS). Department of Conservation (New Zealand). 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
    2. [2]
      de Lange, Peter (2012). "Dracophyllum filifolium". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
    3. [3]
      Venter, Stephanus (March 2021). "A taxonomic revision of the Australasian genera Dracophyllum and Richea (Richeeae: Styphelioideae: Ericaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 34 (2): 90–93. doi:10.1071/SB19049_CO. ISSN 1030-1887.


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