Biology:Dracophyllum kirkii
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Short description: Species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Dracophyllum |
| Species: | D. kirkii
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| Binomial name | |
| Dracophyllum kirkii Berggr.
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Dracophyllum uniflorum Berggr. nom. illegit. | |
Dracophyllum kirkii is a species of shrub endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. It was first described by Sven Berggren in 1877 and gets the specific epithet kirkii after the New Zealand botanist Thomas Kirk. In the heath family Ericaceae, it inhabits mountain slopes and bluffs and reaches a height of just 20–140 cm (8–55 in).[2][3] A 2017 assessment using the New Zealand Threat Classification System classified it as "Not Threatened", giving it an estimated population of more than 100,000.[1]
References
Citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Assessment details for Dracophyllum kirkii Berggr.". Department of Conservation (New Zealand). 2017. https://nztcs.org.nz/assessments/33959.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 de Lange, Peter (2012). "Dracophyllum kirkii" (in en). https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/dracophyllum-kirkii/.
- ↑ Venter, Stephanus (March 2021). "A taxonomic revision of the Australasian genera Dracophyllum and Richea (Richeeae: Styphelioideae: Ericaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany 34 (2): 95–98. doi:10.1071/SB19049_CO. ISSN 1030-1887. https://bioone.org/journals/australian-systematic-botany/volume-34/issue-2/SB19049_CO/A-taxonomic-revision-of-the-Australasian-genera-Dracophyllum-and-Richea/10.1071/SB19049_CO.full.
Wikidata ☰ Q15375368 entry
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