Carmichaelia williamsii
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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
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|image2 = Carmichaelia williamsii N145 w1150.jpg
|image2_caption = (artist:Matilda Smith, 1914)
|status = REL
|status_system = NZTCS
|genus = Carmichaelia
|species = williamsii
|authority = Kirk
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|range_map_caption = Occurrence data from AVH
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Carmichaelia williamsii (common name William's broom or giant-flowered broom){{Cite web|url=http://nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=58|title=Carmichaelia williamsii {{!}} New Zealand Plant Conservation Network|website=nzpcn.org.nz|access-date=2019-12-08}} is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in the North Island of New Zealand. Its conservation status (2018) is "At Risk (relict)" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.
Description
Carmichaelia williamsii is the only yellow-flowered native broom, and it is distinguished from the introduced broom (Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link) by its light green, much wider, and more flattened branches, together with its larger, pale-yellow flowers which have purple or red veins, and its late-winter flowering (July to October, though flowering can occur throughout the year).
Taxonomy
The species was first described by Thomas Kirk in 1880. The earliest record in AVH, [https://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/92b6cdba-13a3-4eee-a9e7-50aedb073714 SP026354] was collected by Bishop William Williams in 1879 somewhere in the North Island,{{Cite web|url=https://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/92b6cdba-13a3-4eee-a9e7-50aedb073714 |title= SP026354, Australasian Virtual Herbarium, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria|website=avh.ala.org.au|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-12-08}} and for whom Kirk named it.
Habitat
References
{{Reflist|refs=
|last5=Champion|first5=P.D.|last6=Perrie|first6=L.R.|last7=Beadel|first7=S.M.|last8=Ford|first8=K.A.|last9=Breitwieser|first9=I.|last10=Schönberger|first10=I.|last11=Hindmarsh-Walls|first11=R.|date=2018|page=38
|title=Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017|url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/nztcs22entire.pdf|journal=New Zealand Threat Classification Series|volume=22|oclc=1041649797}}
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External links
- [https://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Carmichaelia+williamsii#tab_mapView Carmichaelia williamsii occurrence data] from Australasian Virtual Herbarium
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Category:Taxa named by Thomas Kirk
Category:Plants described in 1880
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