{"id":"lepidothamnus-intermedius","license":"CC-BY-4.0","data":{"scientificName":"Lepidothamnus intermedius","commonNames":["Lepidothamnus intermedius"],"taxonRank":"species","acceptedName":"Lepidothamnus intermedius","family":"Podocarpaceae","ids":{"gbifKey":2687646},"regions":["New Zealand"],"plantForm":"tree","evidence":[{"source":"flamits","verdict":"not-rated","verdictRaw":"temperature at smoke (°C): 133.5","score":{"value":133.5,"scale":"FLAMITS — temperature at smoke (°C)"},"claims":"FLAMITS record 8416; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; device muffle furnace; site Mason2016-18; sampling summer. Primary study Mason2016: Mason, N. W. H., Frazao, C., Buxton, R. P., & Richardson, S. J. (2016). Fire form and function: evidence for exaptive flammability in the New Zealand flora. 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Plant Ecology, 217, 645-659.","plantPart":"leaf","original":"Mason2016","edition":"Dryad version 9","url":"https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.h18931zr3","documentDate":"2023-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","accessedOn":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z"},{"source":"flamits","verdict":"not-rated","verdictRaw":"temperature at flaming (°C): 330.45","score":{"value":330.45,"scale":"FLAMITS — temperature at flaming (°C)"},"claims":"FLAMITS record 8631; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; device muffle furnace; site Mason2016-18; sampling summer. Primary study Mason2016: Mason, N. W. H., Frazao, C., Buxton, R. P., & Richardson, S. J. (2016). Fire form and function: evidence for exaptive flammability in the New Zealand flora. 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Plant Ecology, 217, 645-659.","plantPart":"leaf","original":"Mason2016","edition":"Dryad version 9","url":"https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.h18931zr3","documentDate":"2023-12-22T00:00:00.000Z","accessedOn":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z"},{"source":"flamits","verdict":"not-rated","verdictRaw":"temperature increase rate (°C/s): 9.26","score":{"value":9.26,"scale":"FLAMITS — temperature increase rate (°C/s)"},"claims":"FLAMITS record 8847; Combustibility measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; device muffle furnace; site Mason2016-18; sampling summer. Primary study Mason2016: Mason, N. W. H., Frazao, C., Buxton, R. P., & Richardson, S. J. (2016). Fire form and function: evidence for exaptive flammability in the New Zealand flora. 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State noxious-weed seed designations are material-scoped and never become non-seed plant restrictions, ecological-invasive findings, nursery restrictions, alternatives, product evidence, or fire votes. Introduced/established context is not an invasive warning. Minimum-only hardiness has no inferred maximum; canonical source-temperature conversion is validated and contradictory applicable rows project no primary zone. L48 context applies only to conterminous states and is never exact-state status. Fire-performance conditions are not maintenance advice. FEIS fire-ecology context does not vote in the plant classification. Absence of a status row is not regulatory clearance."}