''Anisotome aromatica'', commonly known as aromatic aniseed, kopoti, or common aniseed, is a
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
of plant, endemic to
New Zealand
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.
Description
A small plant with white flowers, bunches of flowers coming off a single stalk, and divaricating prostrate leaves.
Range
Both islands of New Zealand.
Habitat
Subarctic and subalpine areas.
Etymology
The
specific epithet
In Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin gramm ...
''aromatica'' refers to its smell.
Taxonomy
''Anisotome aromatica'' contains the following varieties:
* ''Anisotome aromatica'' var. ''aromatica''
* ''Anisotome aromatica'' var. ''flabellifolia''
* ''Anisotome aromatica'' var. ''incisa''
* ''Anisotome aromatica'' var. ''major''
* ''Anisotome aromatica'' var. ''obtusa''
* ''Anisotome aromatica'' var. ''pinnatisecta''
References
Flora of New Zealand
Apioideae
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