Pleurophyllum speciosum

Pleurophyllum speciosum, also known as the giant emperor daisy or Campbell Island daisy, is a megaherb native to the Auckland and Campbell Islands of New Zealand.^[2] A false colour image is depicted on the lower left corner on the reverse of the current five dollar New Zealand banknote.^[3] The Campbell Island daisy was first described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in Flora Antarctica of 1844,^[4] after he had collected it during the Ross expedition.

Pleurophyllum speciosum
Conservation status
Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Pleurophyllum
Species:	P. speciosum
Binomial name
Pleurophyllum speciosum Hook.f.

Conservation status

In both 2009 and 2012 it was deemed to be "At Risk - Naturally Uncommon" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System,^[5] and this New Zealand classification was reaffirmed in 2018 (due to its restricted range).^[1]