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Carmichaelia hollowayi

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Carmichaelia hollowayi

Nationally Critical (NZ TCS)[1]
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C. hollowayi
Binomial name
Carmichaelia hollowayi
Occurrence data from AVH

Carmichaelia hollowayi (common name Holloways broom)[4] is a species of pea 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

C. 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

  1. ^ a b de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla, J. W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.M.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R. (2018). "Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 22: 24. OCLC 1041649797. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  2. ^ a b c "Carmichaelia hollowayi G.Simpson | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d Simpson, G. (1945). "COCKAYNE MEMORIAL PAPER, No. I. A Revision of the genus Carmichaelia". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. lxxv: 277.
  4. ^ a b c "Carmichaelia hollowayi | New Zealand Plant Conservation Network". nzpcn.org.nz. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  5. ^ "CHR 45804, Australasian Virtual Herbarium, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria". avh.ala.org.au. Retrieved 8 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)