Английская Википедия:Dysphania pusilla

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Dysphania pusilla, formerly Chenopodium pusillum, otherwise known as pygmy goosefoot or parahia in Māori, is a prostrate herb endemic to the north-eastern parts of South Island, New Zealand. Presumed extinct after 56 years without recorded observations, the species was rediscovered in 2015.

Description

Dysphania pusilla is an annual, puberulent herb, growing to around Шаблон:Convert in length and often forming a cushion-like covering on surfaces such as clay and rocks. The herb is distinguishable from other species of the genus (such as the introduced Dysphania pumilio) through the slightly smaller seeds, a different number of tepals and the close positioning of the leaves in relation to each other. The herb, existing in both green and brown colour morphs,Шаблон:R produces small green and yellow flowers during the warmer months.Шаблон:R

Etymology

The name is derived from the term pusilla, which is the Latin word for 'very small'.

Location

Dysphania pusilla, a New Zealand endemic,Шаблон:R is generally located in the north-eastern corner of the South Island of New Zealand;Шаблон:R Harry Allan in his Шаблон:Interlanguage link multi (1961) mentions that it does not grow south of 43°30'S.Шаблон:RШаблон:R The plant is usually found in dry, sparsely-vegetated open spaces, including ephemeral wetlands, but has also been known to bloom in urban environments such as railway yards and agricultural land.Шаблон:R

History

The plant was first recorded in 1864 as Chenopodium pusillum by Joseph Dalton Hooker in his systematic work Handbook of the New Zealand Flora. Missionary Richard Taylor in his book Te Ika a Maui: or, New Zealand and its inhabitants (1855) had recorded the Māori proverb Шаблон:Verse translation explaining that "This saying is applied to a diligent husbandman. The parahia is a diminutive kind of spinach, which overruns their cultivations."Шаблон:R Parahia was identified as Ctenopodium pusillum by botanist William Colenso in a paper presented to the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute on 9 June 1879.Шаблон:R In 2008, botanists Sergei Leonidovich Mosyakin and Steven Earl Clemants re-allocated this taxon to the genus Dysphania.Шаблон:R

The plant was prevalent until 1959, when the last known sample was located beside a railway siding in Christchurch, and although Colenso had described it as abundant in Maori cultivations,Шаблон:R it got no mention in any lists of indigenous "weeds" affecting agriculture or horticulture,Шаблон:R and was by 1999 considered data deficient.Шаблон:R In 2012, "following repeated surveys in known or expected habitats at appropriate times", Dysphania pusilla was considered extinct.Шаблон:R

Botanist Shannel Courtney, Department of Conservation's Technical Support Officer for Flora and Restoration and the 2008 Loder Cup recipient, stumbled upon a widespread growth of the species near a tributary of the Waiau Toa / Clarence River in January 2015, followed by reports of other specimens found in the Ruataniwha wetlands in the McKenzie Basin, and a third discovery in March in the Heron Basin in mid-Canterbury.Шаблон:R Botanists speculate that seeds of D. pusilla lie dormant for decades awaiting suitable growing conditions.Шаблон:R The plant is still threatened by habitat loss to date, due to introduced species and changes in land use for agricultural purposes and cattle grazing. Thus, in both 2017 and 2018, it was declared "Threatened - Nationally Endangered".

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