Carmichaelia stevensonii

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| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN2.3

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| status2 = D

| status2_system = NZTCS

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| genus = Carmichaelia

| species = stevensonii

| authority = (Cheeseman) Heenan

| synonyms = Chordospartium stevensonii Cheeseman

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| range_map_caption = Occurrence data from AVH

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Carmichaelia stevensonii, the cord broom or weeping broom, is a species of shrubby plant in the Sweet pea subfamily (Papilionoidea) of the Bean family Fabaceae. It is found only in the north east of the South Island of New Zealand. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is a leafless shrub up to {{convert|12|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us|spell=in}} in height. Unlike Spanish broom, it has "weeping" (downward-bending) branches.{{cite book | last= Hogan | first= Sean | date= 2004 | title= Flora - The Gardener's Bible | location= Willoughby, New South Wales | publisher= Global Book Pub. Pty. Ltd. | page= 331 | isbn= 1-74048-097-X }}

Taxonomy

It was first described by Thomas Cheeseman in 1911 as Chordospartium stevensonii, but was reassigned to the genus, Carmichaelia, by Peter Brian Heenan in 1998.

Conservation status

The IUCN redlist listed it as "Vulnerable" in 1998 due to habitat loss. Assessments under the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS), declared it to be "At Risk – Declining" (Dec) in 2018.

References

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{{cite iucn |author=de Lange, P.J. |date=1998 |title=Chordospartium stevensonii |volume=1998 |page=e.T30488A9546933 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T30488A9546933.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

{{Cite web|url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1003274-1|title=Carmichaelia stevensonii (Cheeseman) Heenan {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science|website=Plants of the World Online|access-date=2019-11-21}}

{{Cite web|url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:486211-1|title=Chordospartium stevensonii Cheeseman {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science|website=Plants of the World Online|access-date=2019-11-21}}

{{cite journal|last1=Heenan|first1=P. B.|title=An emended circumscription ofCarmichaelia,with new combinations, a key, and notes on hybrids|journal=New Zealand Journal of Botany|volume=36|issue=1|year=1998|pages=53–63|issn=0028-825X|doi=10.1080/0028825X.1998.9512546|bibcode=1998NZJB...36...53H }}

de Lange, P.J. et al.{{cite web|url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/nztcs22entire.pdf|title= Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017|date=2018|page=29}}

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stevensonii

Category:Flora of New Zealand

Category:Endangered flora of New Zealand

Category:Vulnerable plants

Category:Plants described in 1911

Category:Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN

Category:Taxa named by Thomas Frederic Cheeseman