Biology:Carmichaelia hollowayi

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Short description: Species of legume

Carmichaelia hollowayi
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Nationally Critical (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Carmichaelia
Species:
C. hollowayi
Binomial name
Carmichaelia hollowayi
G.Simpson[2][3]
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Occurrence data from AVH

Carmichaelia hollowayi (common name Holloways broom)[4] is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in the South Island of New Zealand.[4][2] Its conservation status (2018) is "Nationally Critical" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[1]

Description

Carmichaelia hollowayi is a low-growing shrub (50–60 cm high), first growing as an erect shrub but later its stems trail and spread across the ground.[3]

Taxonomy

The species was first described by George Simpson in 1945.[2][3] The earliest record in AVH, CHR 45804 was collected by Simpson in 1937 somewhere in Otago.[5]

Habitat

It grows on limestone[4] (which Simpson described as sandstone).[3]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q15528278 entry