Carmichaelia muritai

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Carmichaelia muritai
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Status NZTCS NE.svg
Nationally Endangered (NZ TCS) [2]
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Carmichaelia
Species:
C. muritai
Binomial name
Carmichaelia muritai
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Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms [3]

Chordospartium muritai A.W.Purdie

Carmichaelia muritai, common name coastal tree broom, [4] is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in the South Island of New Zealand. [3]

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Distribution and habitat

It is found in coastal forest at Clifford Bay in Marlborough. [1]

Taxonomy

It was first described in 1985 by Andrew Purdie as Chordospartium muritai. [5] In 1998, Peter Heenan assigned it to the genus, Carmichaelia . [3] [6]

Conservation status

In 1998 it was declared "critically endangered" under IUCN2.3 (with just 12 plants existing in the wild), [1] and in 2018, it was declared "Nationally endangered" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System. [2]

There are just two small natural populations known. One population is seriously threatened by goats, drought, erosion and weeds, while the other is threatened by fire. Every part of C. muritai is highly sought by browsing animals (particularly, goats, possums, hares and rabbits). [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Oates, M.R. & de Lange, P.J. (1998). "Chordospartium muritai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1998: e.T32309A9694330. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T32309A9694330.en .
  2. 1 2 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: 29. OCLC   1041649797.
  3. 1 2 3 "Carmichaelia muritai (A.W.Purdie) Heenan | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Carmichaelia muritai | New Zealand Plant Conservation Network". nzpcn.org.nz. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  5. Purdie, Andrew W. (1985). "Chordospartium muritai(Papilionaceae) — a rare new species of New Zealand tree broom". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 23 (1): 157–161. doi: 10.1080/0028825X.1985.10425317 . ISSN   0028-825X. pdf
  6. 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. pdf