Carmichaelia stevensonii

Carmichaelia stevensonii, the cord broom or weeping broom,[1] is a species of legume 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]

Carmichaelia stevensonii

Declining (NZ TCS)[2]
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Binomial name
Carmichaelia stevensonii
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[3]

Chordospartium stevensonii Cheeseman

Taxonomy

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]

Conservation status

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]

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References

  1. de Lange, P.J. 1998. Chordospartium stevensonii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
  2. de Lange, P.J. et al."Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017" (PDF). 2018. p. 29.
  3. "Carmichaelia stevensonii (Cheeseman) Heenan | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  4. Heenan, P. B. (1998). "An emended circumscription ofCarmichaelia,with new combinations, a key, and notes on hybrids". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 36 (1): 53–63. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1998.9512546. ISSN 0028-825X.
  5. "Chordospartium stevensonii Cheeseman | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  6. Cheeseman, T.F. (1910) "ART XXIII New Species of Plants", Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 43: 175 (1910 publ. 1911)


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