Biology:Dracophyllum oliveri

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Short description: Species of flowering plant in the heath family

Dracophyllum oliveri
Invalid status (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Dracophyllum
Species:
D. oliveri
Binomial name
Dracophyllum oliveri
Du Rietz

Dracophyllum oliveri is a species of shrub or small tree endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. It was first described by Gustaf Einar Du Rietz in 1920 and gets the specific epithet oliveri after Walter Oliver. In the heath family Ericaceae, it inhabits mountain slopes, gullies, and plateaus and reaches heights of between 1 and 4 m (3 ft 3 in and 13 ft 1 in).[2][3] A 2017 assessment using the New Zealand Threat Classification System classified it as “Not Threatened", giving it an estimated population of 100,000.[1]

References

Template:Dracophyllum Wikidata ☰ Q15377775 entry