About the plant
Endemic to the Poor Knights Islands, 50km east of New Zealand’s North Island, the Poor Knights lily has unusual red bottlebrush flower clusters that grow horizontally.
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Not yet evaluated
The International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species uses a set of criteria to evaluate the extinction risk of the world’s species. The ongoing mission is to evaluate every plant species in the world.
IUCN Red List Status:
Not yet evaluatedData deficientLeast concernNear threatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically endangeredExtinct in the wildExtinct -
Banked in the MSBSeeds from this plant have been banked in Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank, at Wakehurst in Sussex
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Invertebrate foodPlant is eaten by native and feral animals
Facts
- Pollinated by birds and butterflies by day
- Pollinated by geckos by night
- Discovered in 1924
© John Johnston
© John Johnston
© John Johnston
By Steve Shattuck via flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0
By Jasper22 via Wikimedia Commons
By A V Webster 1953 © RBG Kew
Poor Knights Island
Separated from the mainland for millions of years, these islands developed unique plants and animals found nowhere else on Earth.
The islands are protected as a nature reserve and a permit is required to land or tie boats up. Permits are usually granted only for scientific research.
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Not yet evaluated
The International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species uses a set of criteria to evaluate the extinction risk of the world’s species. The ongoing mission is to evaluate every plant species in the world.
IUCN Red List Status:
Not yet evaluatedData deficientLeast concernNear threatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically endangeredExtinct in the wildExtinct -
Banked in the MSBSeeds from this plant have been banked in Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank, at Wakehurst in Sussex
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Invertebrate foodPlant is eaten by native and feral animals