{"id":"rhopalostylis-sapida","license":"CC-BY-4.0","data":{"scientificName":"Rhopalostylis sapida","commonNames":["Nīkau palm"],"taxonRank":"species","acceptedName":"Rhopalostylis sapida","family":"Arecaceae","ids":{"gbifKey":8532149,"wikidataQid":"Q1990136","inatTaxonId":85274},"regions":["New Zealand"],"plantForm":"tree","photo":{"file":"/images/plants/rhopalostylis-sapida.jpg","sourceUrl":"https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/596813172","observationUrl":"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/329264998","license":"cc-by","attribution":"(c) Archie, some rights reserved (CC BY)","fetchedOn":"2026-08-23T00:00:00.000Z"},"evidence":[{"source":"fenz-low-flammability","verdict":"recommend","verdictRaw":"Low flammability","claims":"Low flammability classification.","plantPart":"shoot","edition":"2026","url":"https://www.checkitsalright.nz/reduce-your-risk/low-flammability-plants","accessedOn":"2026-08-23T00:00:00.000Z"},{"source":"flamits","verdict":"not-rated","verdictRaw":"temperature at smoke (°C): 101.24","score":{"value":101.24,"scale":"FLAMITS — temperature at smoke (°C)"},"claims":"FLAMITS record 8510; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; device muffle furnace; site Mason2016-19; 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. 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 smoke (°C): 162.98","score":{"value":162.98,"scale":"FLAMITS — temperature at smoke (°C)"},"claims":"FLAMITS record 8511; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; device muffle furnace; site Mason2016-19; 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. 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): 165.22","score":{"value":165.22,"scale":"FLAMITS — temperature at flaming (°C)"},"claims":"FLAMITS record 8725; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; device muffle furnace; site Mason2016-19; 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. 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): 304.38","score":{"value":304.38,"scale":"FLAMITS — temperature at flaming (°C)"},"claims":"FLAMITS record 8726; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; device muffle furnace; site Mason2016-19; 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. 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): 32.15","score":{"value":32.15,"scale":"FLAMITS — temperature increase rate (°C/s)"},"claims":"FLAMITS record 8940; Combustibility measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; device muffle furnace; site Mason2016-19; 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. 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): 13.61","score":{"value":13.61,"scale":"FLAMITS — temperature increase rate (°C/s)"},"claims":"FLAMITS record 8941; Combustibility measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying yes; device muffle furnace; site Mason2016-19; 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."}