Carmichaelia stevensonii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Carmichaelia |
Species: | C. stevensonii
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Binomial name | |
Carmichaelia stevensonii | |
Occurrence data from AVH | |
Synonyms [3] | |
Chordospartium stevensonii Cheeseman |
Carmichaelia stevensonii, the cord broom or weeping broom, [1] is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in the north east of the South Island of New Zealand. [3] It is threatened by habitat loss. [1]
It was first described by Thomas Cheeseman in 1911 as Chordospartium stevensonii, [5] [6] but was reassigned to the genus, Carmichaelia, by Peter Brian Heenan in 1998. [3] [4]
The IUCN redlist listed it as "Vulnerable" in 1998 due to habitat loss. [1] Assessments under the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS), declared it to be "At Risk – Declining" (Dec) in 2018. [2]
Carmichaelia stevensonii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Carmichaelia |
Species: | C. stevensonii
|
Binomial name | |
Carmichaelia stevensonii | |
Occurrence data from AVH | |
Synonyms [3] | |
Chordospartium stevensonii Cheeseman |
Carmichaelia stevensonii, the cord broom or weeping broom, [1] is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in the north east of the South Island of New Zealand. [3] It is threatened by habitat loss. [1]
It was first described by Thomas Cheeseman in 1911 as Chordospartium stevensonii, [5] [6] but was reassigned to the genus, Carmichaelia, by Peter Brian Heenan in 1998. [3] [4]
The IUCN redlist listed it as "Vulnerable" in 1998 due to habitat loss. [1] Assessments under the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS), declared it to be "At Risk – Declining" (Dec) in 2018. [2]