Alternanthera nahui
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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{{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2025}}
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Alternanthera nahui, commonly known as nahui, is a species in the family Amaranthaceae, native to New Zealand and to Norfolk Island.
Description
It is a perennial herb that has a slender tap root. Its stems are 1.5–3.0 mm in diameter and tend to lie down. It can be distinguished from Alternanthera sessilis by its narrower leaves, its keeled tepals, its shorter staminodes and style.
Taxonomy
It was first described in 2009 by Peter Heenan, Peter de Lange and J. Keeling.
Synonymy
Habitat
Conservation status
In the 2018 conservation assessment of de Lange and others under the New Zealand Threat Classification System it was classed as "Not Threatened", having a "large, stable population".{{Cite journal|last1=Lange|first1=Peter J. de|last2=Rolfe|first2=Jeremy R.|last3=Barkla|first3=John W.|last4=Courtney|first4=Shannel P.|last5=Champion|first5=Paul D.|last6=Perrie|first6=Leon R.|last7=Beadel|first7=Sarah M.|last8=Ford|first8=Kerry A.|last9=Breitwieser|first9=Ilse|last10=Schönberger|first10=Ines|last11=Hindmarsh-Walls|first11=Rowan|date=2018-05-01|title=Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017|url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/nztcs22entire.pdf|journal=New Zealand Threat Classification Series|volume=22|pages=54|oclc=1041649797}}
References
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External links
- [https://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Alternanthera+nahui#tab_mapView Alternanthera nahui occurrence data] from Australasian Virtual Herbarium
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Category:Flora of Norfolk Island
Category:Taxa named by Peter Brian Heenan