Ascarina is an ancient, woody, angiosperm genus. It is a distinct genus of Chloranthaceae consisting of less than twenty species, found in the Australian region, the Pacific Islands and Madagascar. They can grow up to six metres tall and have a spread of approximately three metres. Ascarina are usually tropical cloud forest species which need high humidity to thrive, and are vulnerable to both frost and drought. There has been discussion and research on whether or not this genus and its family are primitive, or have become reduced over time. Another controversial topic for the genus is its relation to the Clavatipollenites, a fossilized pollen.
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Ascarina is an ancient, woody, angiosperm genus. It is a distinct genus of Chloranthaceae consisting of less than twenty species, found in the Australian...
Ascarina lucida, commonly known as hutu is a species of small tree in the family Chloranthaceae. It is endemic to New Zealand, being common on the West...
Ascarina philippinensis is a species of small tree in the family Chloranthaceae. It is found in the Philippines, Sulawesi, Borneo, and New Guinea. Ascarina...
Ascarina diffusa is a species of flowering plant in the family Chloranthaceae. It is native to the tropical Pacific, ranging from the Bismarck Archipelago...
genera Ascarina, Chloranthus, Hedyosmum and Sarcandra are probably monophyletic, with Hedyosmum being the first to diverge from the rest, and Ascarina being...
podocarp/broadleaf forests of New Zealand, with flora associates including Ascarina lucida, Pseudowintera colorata, Neopanax colensoi, Alsophila smithii, and...
Pterophylla spp., Syzygium spp., Geissois denhamii, Quintinia spp., and Ascarina spp. Its habitat is relatively intact, and located away from human settlements...
such as Cyathea smithii and Dicksonia squarrosa, Rumohra adiantiformis, Ascarina lucida, Pseudowintera colorata and Blechnum discolor. The maximum height...
this species in Māori tradition was associated with the small tree hutu (Ascarina lucida), so much so that it was known as ngā huruhuru o hutu waewae – "the...
forests, where alliant understory plants such as Rumohra adiantiformis, Ascarina lucida, Neopanax colensoi, Raukaua edgerleyi, and Blechnum discolor are...
vitiensis, Syzygium spp., Pterophylla spp., Geissois spp., Quintinia spp., and Ascarina spp. The tree ferns Cyathea and Dickinsonia are common, and the endemic...
averaging eight meters tall. In wetter areas and at higher elevations Ascarina diffusa is often co-dominant or dominant in the canopy. M. collina is also...
Winteraceae, representatives of families of Chloranthaceae, such as the genus Ascarina with two species, Piperaceae, with twenty species of genera Piper and Peperomia...
forming low-stature forests up to 8 metres high. In higher and wetter areas Ascarina diffusa is dominant or is co-dominant with M. collina. Other trees are...
frugivorous, and feeds on fruit such as figs and drupes from Planchonella, Ascarina philippinensis, and Cryptocarpa tessalata. It has also been observed feeding...
Chloranthaceae †Emmapollis †Emmapollis pseudoemmaensis Thiele-Pfeiffer A chloranthaceous palynomorph Possibly affiliated with Ascarina or Ascarinopsis...
the podocarp forest was displaced by Myrtaceae such as pōhutukawa and Ascarina lucida. Prior to human settlement, much of the isthmus was covered in broadleaf...
Uromys anak black-tailed tree rat or highland giant tree rat ablabl, binmuŋ Ascarina philippinensis ablay Schefflera forbesii abok Artocarpus lacucha abownm...
Island forest, and is home to silver and pink pine, kaikawaka, sweet hutu (Ascarina sp.) and southern rata, and is the northern limit for many southern montane...
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