Sophora longicarinata

Sophora longicarinata
	Limestone kowhai foliage
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Sophoreae
Genus:	Sophora
Species:	S. longicarinata
Binomial name
	Sophora longicarinata; G.Simpson et J.S.Thomson

Sophora longicarinata is commonly known as kowhai or limestone kowhai that grows naturally in a limited range around northern Nelson and also western Marlborough in New Zealand.^[1] This species has quite small leaves compared to other similar species. Originally classified as a species in 1942 and then merged with Sophora microphylla it was reclassified as its own species again in 2001.^[2] As its common name suggests it grows in limestone areas. This species does not have a divaricating juvenile phase.^[3]

References

^ "Sophora longicarinata". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network.
^ Hughes, Denis. "Pg 203" (PDF). Sophora — The Kowhais of New Zealand©. IPPS—International Plant Propagator’s Society.
^ "Sophora longicarinata". Southern Woods Nursery Ltd.

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[1] "Sophora longicarinata". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network.

[2] Hughes, Denis. "Pg 203" (PDF). Sophora — The Kowhais of New Zealand©. IPPS—International Plant Propagator’s Society.

[3] "Sophora longicarinata". Southern Woods Nursery Ltd.

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