Botany taxa

Mountain five-finger, Pseudopanax colensoi (Hook.f.) Philipson; paralectotype of Panax colensoi var. montanus Kirk, collected 25 Feb 1885, Oxford Forest, High ranges (Dobson's Road)., New Zealand. Acquisition history unknown. Te Papa

Plants come in many different forms, from tiny to gigantic, easily-overlooked to spectacular.

Plants photosynthesise, using sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water into their 'food'.

Different groups of plants are separated primarily by their reproductive features.

Is part of topic Plants

Bryophytes - mosses & liverworts

Bryophytes comprise mosses, liverworts, and hornworts. Although usually tiny, their abundance in some habitats can make them ecologically important. Unlike other land plants, they lack well-developed vascular tissue for moving water and food around their bodies. more>

Conifers

Conifers are a group of seed plants that lack flowers. They include significant native forest trees such as kauri, rimu, kahikatea, and totara, as well as prominent exotic trees such as pines and macrocarpas. more>

Ferns

Ferns have vascular tissues but lack seeds. They reproduce by spores. Together with lycophytes, they are unique amongst other living land plants in that the two phases of their life-cycle are both free-living. Ferns are generally distinguished from lycophytes by their big-leaved fronds ("megaphylls" rather than microphylls). more>