New Zealand Journal of Botany abstract

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B97072
Received 8 October 1997; accepted 15 January 1998

Reinstatement of Sophora longicarinata (Fabaceae--Sophoreae) from northern South Island, New Zealand, and typification of S. microphylla

P. B. HEENAN

Landcare Research
P. O. Box 69
Lincoln, New Zealand

Abstract  Sophora longicarinata is reinstated at species rank, having recently been placed as a variety of S. microphylla. Sophora longicarinata is recognised by a suite of characters, including its lack of a juvenile growth phase, its shrubby, slender growth habit, sometimes producing several main stems from below ground level, and often suckering, its small, dark green, and numerous leaflets, and often twisted pedicels and flowers that are inverted in bud. Sophora longicarinata is restricted to marble and other limestone areas in northern Nelson and western Marlborough, is sparsely distributed, has few plants at each locality, and is considered to be a local endemic.

A lectotype for S. microphylla is selected from the Banks and Solander herbarium at the Natural History Museum, London.

Keywords  Fabaceae; Sophora; S. longicarinata; S. microphylla var. longicarinata; S. microphylla; taxonomy; conservation; typification; New Zealand flora

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