Leptecophylla juniperina is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae. The species is native to New Zealand and the Australian states of Tasmania and Victoria.[1] The plant's fruit is edible, raw or cooked. Plants grow best in areas with moderate winters and cool moist summers.
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Three subspecies are recognised as follows:[2]
Leptecophylla juniperina (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) C.M.Weiller subsp. juniperina (New Zealand and Tasmania)[3]
Leptecophylla juniperina subsp. oxycedrus (Labill.) C.M.Weiller (Tasmania and Victoria)[3]
An example occurrence of L. juniperina is in the red and silver beech forests admixed with rimu and miro podocarps on northern South Island, New Zealand; associate understory species in this South Island forest include Blechnum discolor.[4]
^"Crown Fern (Blechnum discolor ) - photo/images/information - GlobalTwitcher.com". 13 February 2012. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
^"Leptecophylla juniperina". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 10 May 2009.
^ abcWeiller, C.M. (1999). "Leptecophylla, a new genus for species formerly included in Cyathodes (Epacridaceae)". Muelleria. 12 (2): 201.
^C. Michael Hogan. 2009
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