| 1. | It grows in disturbed forest habitat dominated by " Metrosideros polymorpha ".
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| 2. | The only known specimens were collected from white rt ( " Metrosideros perforata " ).
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| 3. | In captivity " Achatinella " feed on fungus growing on leaves of " Metrosideros polymorpha ".
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| 4. | The larvae probably feed on lichens on the bark of " Cheirodendron " and " Metrosideros ".
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| 5. | The strangler fig and the northern rt ( " Metrosideros robusta " ) of New Zealand are examples of this.
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| 6. | Lhi'a Lehua, Metrosideros polymorpha, is a Hawaiian plant with roots that can grow suspended in extinct lava tubes.
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| 7. | Other unique species include " Metrosideros boninensis ", a plant related to similar species growing in Fiji and New Caledonia.
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| 8. | This is a small tree which grows in " Metrosideros polymorpha " and " Acacia koa " dominated petioles.
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| 9. | Prior to the discovery of these fossils, there has been no record of the genus " Metrosideros " in Australia.
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| 10. | Why and when " Metrosideros " should have become extinct in Australia, yet survived elsewhere in the Pacific is unknown.
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