| Carmichaelia nana | |
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| Rangipo Desert, Waikato | |
| Conservation status | |
 Nationally Vulnerable (NZ TCS) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Carmichaelia |
| Species: | C. nana |
| Binomial name | |
| Carmichaelia nana (Benth.) Colenso ex Hook.f. | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
| Synonyms | |
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Carmichaelia enysii Kirk | |
Carmichaelia nana is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found in both the North and South Islands of New Zealand. Its conservation status in 2013 was assessed as "At Risk (declinining)" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, but in 2018 its risk under the same system became "Threatened-Nationally Vulnerable".
Description
Carmichaelia nana is a dwarf, spreading shrub growing in a dense mat from 20 to 60 mm high and 0.5 m wide.
Taxonomy
The species was first described by George Bentham as C. australis var. β nana. It was raised to species level by William Colenso in 1864 in Joseph Dalton Hooker's "Handbook of New Zealand Flora". The species epithet, nana, is a Latin adjective meaning "diminutive" or "dwarfed".
Habitat
It is found from both lowland to alpine habitats in alluvial river beds, terraces, and moraines.
References
- ^ 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: 9. OCLC 1041649797.
- ^ "Carmichaelia nana (Benth.) Colenso ex Hook.f.| Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ^ Hooker, J.D. (1864). "C. nana Col". Handbook of New Zealand Flora. 1: 49. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ^ "Carmichaelia nana | New Zealand Plant Conservation Network". nzpcn.org.nz. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- "A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin: nanus". www.mobot.org. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
External links
- Carmichaelia nana occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium
Media related to Carmichaelia nana at Wikimedia Commons
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