Acaena novae-zelandiaeKirk

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WFO wfo-0001004320 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Acaena novae-zelandiae, photographed by Arnim Littek
fig. a Arnim Littek, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-12 / obs. 205698231
Acaena novae-zelandiae, photographed by Arnim Littek
fig. b Arnim Littek, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205713255
Acaena novae-zelandiae, photographed by John Barkla
fig. c John Barkla, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203770306
Acaena novae-zelandiae, photographed by Susan Marley
fig. d Susan Marley, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202256016
Acaena novae-zelandiae, photographed by Stephen James McWilliam
fig. e Stephen James McWilliam, CC0 1.0 / obs. 202453259
Acaena novae-zelandiae, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. f Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 201198510
Acaena novae-zelandiae, photographed by Arnim Littek
fig. g Arnim Littek, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201804103
Acaena novae-zelandiae, photographed by Arnim Littek
fig. h Arnim Littek, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195233079

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Native range 11 botanical countries

Regions where Acaena novae-zelandiae is native: New Guinea, Antipodean Is., Chatham Is., New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia New GuineaNew South WalesNew Zealand NorthNew Zealand SouthQueenslandSouth AustraliaTasmaniaVictoriaWestern Australia Antipodean Is.Chatham Is.
Native distribution of Acaena novae-zelandiae, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Antipodean Is. ATP AUSTRALASIA
Chatham Is. CTM
New South Wales NSW
New Zealand North NZN
New Zealand South NZS
Queensland QLD
South Australia SOA
Tasmania TAS
Victoria VIC
Western Australia WAU
New Guinea NWG ASIA-TROPICAL

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 24 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Acaena macrantha Colenso
  • Acaena sanguisorbae f. subfemina Bitter
  • Acaena sanguisorbae subsp. elata Bitter
  • Acaena sanguisorbae subsp. epoligotricha Bitter
  • Acaena sanguisorbae subsp. interruptepinnata Bitter
  • Acaena sanguisorbae subsp. novae-zelandiae (Kirk) Bitter
  • Acaena sanguisorbae subsp. oleosenitens Bitter
  • Acaena sanguisorbae subsp. papuana Diels
  • Acaena sanguisorbae subsp. utrinquestrigulosa Bitter
  • Acaena sanguisorbae subsp. vernicosenitens Bitter
  • Acaena sanguisorbae subvar. majoriceps Bitter
  • Acaena sanguisorbae subvar. rubescentistigma Bitter
  • Acaena sanguisorbae var. angustifoliolata Bitter
  • Acaena sanguisorbae var. brevifoliolata Bitter
  • Acaena sanguisorbae var. conjungens Bitter
  • Acaena sanguisorbae var. exsudans Bitter
  • Acaena sanguisorbae var. gracilis Bitter
  • Acaena sanguisorbae var. intermedia Bitter
  • Acaena sanguisorbae var. modica Bitter
  • Acaena sanguisorbae var. robusta Bitter
  • Acaena sanguisorbae var. subincisa Bitter
  • Acaena sanguisorbae var. subtusglaucescens Bitter
  • Acaena sanguisorbae var. viridissima Bitter
  • Ancistrum diandrum G.Forst.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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