Carmichaelia hollowayi

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

Carmichaelia hollowayi

Nationally Critical (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Carmichaelia
Species:
C. hollowayi
Binomial name
Carmichaelia hollowayi
Occurrence data from AVH

Description

Carmichaelia 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. 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.
  2. "Carmichaelia hollowayi G.Simpson | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  3. 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. "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.


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