{"id":7954,"date":"2026-04-10T14:15:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T01:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/?page_id=7954"},"modified":"2026-10-23T16:45:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T03:45:30","slug":"taeniphyllum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/perspectives-in-biodiversity\/volumes\/2026-1\/taeniphyllum\/","title":{"rendered":"Perspectives in Biodiversity | 2026 | Volume 4 (1) | pp 75\u201382"},"content":{"rendered":"<nav class=\"items-justified-center wp-block-navigation is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-navigation-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Perspectives in Biodiversity\"><ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__container items-justified-center wp-block-navigation\"><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/perspectives-in-biodiversity\/\" rel=\"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/perspectives-in-biodiversity\/\" title=\"Home\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Home PBD |<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/perspectives-in-biodiversity\/editorial-board\/\" rel=\"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/perspectives-in-biodiversity\/editorial-board\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Editorial Board |<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/perspectives-in-biodiversity\/author-guidelines\/\" rel=\"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/perspectives-in-animal-health-and-welfare\/author-guidelines\/\" title=\"Author Guidelines\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Author Guidelines |<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/perspectives-in-biodiversity\/volumes\/\" rel=\"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/perspectives-in-biodiversity\/volumes\/\" title=\"Issues\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Articles |<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/perspectives-in-biodiversity\/editorial-board\/\" rel=\"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/perspectives-in-biodiversity\/editorial-board\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Contact Us <\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Research Paper<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/perspectives-in-biodiversity\/volumes\/2026-1\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"7920\">Volume 4 (1)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Taeniophyllum northlandicum<\/em> (Orchidaceae) \u2013 reporting on a new population and the first confirmed indigenous host species<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Jordan Stewart<br><br>Affiliation:<br>6 Dunrobbin Place, Gate Pa, Greerton, Tauranga 3112, New Zealand.<br>Corresponding author: <a href=\"mailto:jordanstewartnz@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">jordanstewartnz@gmail.com<\/a><br><br>Received: 20 November 2025 | Accepted: 14 December 2025 | Published: 12 October 2026<br>Associate Editor: Peter J. de Lange<br><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55457\/pibdiv.004106\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55457\/pibdiv.004106<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/06-PBD-stewart-2026.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"8292\">download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong>:<br>A third population of the epiphytic <em>Taeniophyllum northlandicum <\/em>(Orchidaceae) is reported for Aotearoa \/ New Zealand from Te Tai Tokerau \/ Northland, near Ngunguru, on the Tutuk\u0101k\u0101 Coast. This population is notable, as the orchid occurs there on indigenous host plants, whereas all past reported host occurrences of this species are from exotic shrubs and trees. The new population suggests that <em>T. northlandicum <\/em>persists and reproduces within indigenous ecosystems. This population also demonstrates that the species appears to favour habitats of high humidity, much like the northern population, which occurs within riparian conditions. This recent discovery expands the potential habitat types for this species and indicates that additional populations may be found in similar wetland ecosystems. Currently, <em>Taeniophyllum northlandicum <\/em>is accepted as an endemic species to Aotearoa, though it was originally considered conspecific with the Norfolk Island endemic <em>T. norfolkianum<\/em>. The discovery reported here adds to the body of evidence supporting the view that <em>T. northlandicum <\/em>is a recent arrival to Aotearoa rather than endemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cite as<\/strong><br>Stewart, J. (2026). <em>Taeniophyllum northlandicum<\/em> (Orchidaceae) \u2013 reporting on a new population and the first confirmed indigenous host species. <em>Perspectives in Biodiversity,<\/em> 4(1): 75\u201382. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55457\/pibdiv.004106\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55457\/pibdiv.004106<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Paper Volume 4 (1) Taeniophyllum northlandicum (Orchidaceae) \u2013 reporting on a new population and the first confirmed indigenous host species Jordan Stewart Affiliation:6 Dunrobbin Place, Gate Pa, Greerton, Tauranga 3112, New Zealand.Corresponding author: jordanstewartnz@gmail.com Received: 20 November 2025 |&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/perspectives-in-biodiversity\/volumes\/2026-1\/taeniphyllum\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":7920,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7954","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7954"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8918,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7954\/revisions\/8918"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}