Carmichaelia torulosa

Carmichaelia torulosa is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in New Zealand.

Carmichaelia torulosa
Conservation status
Nationally Critical (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Genus:	Carmichaelia
Species:	C. torulosum
Binomial name
Carmichaelia torulosum (Kirk) Heenan[2]
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[3]
Notospartium torulosum Kirk

Conservation status

The IUCN redlist lists it as "near threatened", with the major threat being habitat loss.[4] The New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS) listed it as "Threatened - Nationally Endangered" in 2013, and in 2017 as "Threatened - Nationally Critical".[1]

References

1. de Lange, P.J. et al. (2017) "Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017" (PDF). p. 9.
2. Heenan PB. (1998). "An emended circumscription of Carmichaelia, 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.
3. "Carmichaelia torulosa (Kirk) Heenan | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
4. de Lange PJ. 1998. Notospartium torulosum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.