Biology:Dracophyllum scoparium

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Short description: Species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae

Dracophyllum scoparium
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Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Dracophyllum
Species:
D. scoparium
Binomial name
Dracophyllum scoparium
Synonyms[2]
  • D. scoparium var. paludosum (Cockayne) Cockayne
  • Dracophyllum paludosum Cockayne
  • Dracophyllum urvilleanum var. scoparium Hook.f.
  • Dracophyllum subantarcticum Cockayne nom. nud.

Dracophyllum scoparium is a species of shrub or small tree endemic to the Chatham Islands of New Zealand. It was first described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1844 and gets the specific epithet scoparium, in the form of a broom, for the way in which its juvenile leaves grow. In the heath family Ericaceae, it inhabits the Chatham and Pitt Islands, and reaches a height of 1–4 m.[2][3]

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Wikidata ☰ Q15376842 entry