Carmichaelia astonii

Carmichaelia astonii (common name Aston's dwarf broom)[4] is a species of pea in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in South Island of New Zealand.[2] Its conservation status (2018) is "Nationally vulnerable" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[1]

Carmichaelia astonii
Conservation status
Nationally Vulnerable (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Genus:	Carmichaelia
Species:	C. astonii
Binomial name
Carmichaelia astonii G.Simpson[2][3]
Occurrence data from AVH

Taxonomy & naming

The species was first described by George Simpson in 1945, who gave it the specific epithet, astonii, to honour Bernard Aston.[3] A lectotype, AK 70629 collected by Simpson in February 1937 on the Ure River, in the Marlborough Region, is held in the Auckland Museum.[5]

References

1. 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: 32. OCLC 1041649797.
2. "Carmichaelia astonii G.Simpson | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
3. Simpson, G. (1945). "COCKAYNE MEMORIAL PAPER, No. I. A Revision of the genus Carmichaelia". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. lxxv: 276.
4. "Carmichaelia astonii | New Zealand Plant Conservation Network". nzpcn.org.nz. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
5. "Isolectotype of Carmichaelia astonii G.Simpson (family FABACEAE)". JSTOR Global Plants. Retrieved 25 November 2019.

External links

• Carmichaelia astonii occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium
• Media related to Carmichaelia astonii at Wikimedia Commons