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Bulbinella hookeri
Bulbinella hookeri, commonly known as the Māori lily, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asphodelaceae. It is endemic to New Zealand; its range covers the North, South, and Stewart Islands. It is commonly found in tussock grasslands, and in soils with high water content. B. hookeri reaches a height of up to 120 cm (50 in) tall. B. hookeri was first described in 1851 by the botanists Joseph Dalton Hooker and William Colenso as Chrysobactron hookeri. It gets its specific epithet, hookeri, after Hooker, who first described the species with Colenso.
Bulbinella hookeri is endemic to New Zealand; its range covers the North, South, and Stewart Islands. In the North Island, it occurs on Mount Taranaki, Maungapōhatu, and partly in the north-western part of the Ruahine Range. In the South Island, it occurs in Canterbury Region, Marlborough Region, Nelson, and as far west as Cobb Valley. B. hookeri's northern limits are Lake Taupō and Mount Taranaki, and its southern limit is approximately the Waiau Uwha River in Canterbury. B. hookeri's 2023 assessment in the New Zealand Threat Classification System was "Not Threatened".
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Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
