Parsonsia heterophylla

Parsonsia heterophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Parsonsia
Species: P. heterophylla
Binomial name
Parsonsia heterophylla
A.Cunn.

Parsonsia heterophylla, commonly called New Zealand jasmine or kaihua, is a climbing plant endemic to New Zealand.

It is found in wet lowland forest and its seeds are dispersed by the wind.[1]

The larvae of the moth Stigmella kaimanua feed on the leaves of P. heterophylla.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Parsonsia heterophylla kaihua". Forest Flora. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  2. "Stigmella kaimanua Donner & Wilkinson, 1989". Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of the world. Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
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