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(Salviniaceae) on R\u0113kohu \/ Wharekauri \/ Chatham Island<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6699-7083\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6699-7083\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"wp-image-5587\" style=\"width: 20px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image.png\" alt=\"\"><\/a> Peter J. de Lange<sup>1, <\/sup>*, Tom Hitchon<sup>2<\/sup><br><br>Affiliations:<br><sup>1<\/sup> School of Environmental and Animal Sciences, Unitec Institute of Technology, Private Bag 92025, Victoria Street West, Auckland 1142, New Zealand.<br><sup>2<\/sup> R\u0113kohu \/ Wharekauri\/ Chatham Island Office, Department of Conservation, P.O. Box 114, Waitangi, Chathams 8942.<br><sup>*<\/sup> Corresponding author: <a href=\"mailto:pdelange@unitec.ac.nz\">pdelange@unitec.ac.nz<\/a><br><br>Received: 6 June 2023 | Accepted: 3 July 2023 | Published: 11 October 2023<br>Associate Editor: Matt Renner<br><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.34074\/pibdiv.001104\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.34074\/pibdiv.001104<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/PiBD-de-Lange_Hitchon-2023.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"5881\">Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br><em>Azolla rubra<\/em> (Salviniaceae) is reported from the Chatham Islands for the first time based on chance finds made in February and April 2023 from two lakes in the north-eastern portion of R\u0113kohu \/ Wharekauri \/ Chatham Island (hereafter R\u0113kohu). The biostatus of <em>Azolla <\/em>on the islands is reviewed and it is believed that plants are more likely to have arrived naturally via fragments bought to the islands by waterfowl from Aotearoa \/ New Zealand than by other means, so should be treated as indigenous. We advise that the impact of <em>Azolla <\/em>on the most sheltered, shallow, freshwater bodies of the islands should be monitored, as hitherto the islands waterbodies have been mostly devoid of free-floating aquatic plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Cite as<\/strong><br>de Lange, P. J., Hitchon, T. (2023). <em>Azolla rubra<\/em> R.Br. (Salviniaceae) on R\u0113kohu \/ Wharekauri \/ Chatham Island. <em>Perspectives in Biodiversity<\/em>, 1(1): 43\u201349. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.34074\/pibdiv.001104\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.34074\/pibdiv.001104<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Short Communication Volume 1 Azolla rubra R.Br. 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