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A new combination in Carmichaelia (Fabaceae)
P. B. Heenan
Allan Herbarium
Landcare Research
PO Box 40
Lincoln 7640, New Zealand
J. W. Barkla
Department of Conservation
PO Box 5244
Dunedin 9058, New Zealand
Abstract Carmichaelia crassicaulis subsp. racemosa
(Kirk) Heenan is a new combination for plants originally described as Corallospartium
crassicaule var. racemosum Kirk and later treated as Corallospartium
racemosum (Kirk) Cockayne & Allan. This subspecies is
distinguished from Carmichaelia crassicaulis subsp. crassicaulis
by its slender cladodes and its more lax and spreading growth habit. It
is known from disjunct populations in West Otago and mid Canterbury.
Based on its restricted distribution and small population sizes C.
crassicaulis subsp. racemosa has a conservation assessment
of Chronically Threatened/Serious Decline using the New Zealand Threat
Classification System.
Keywords Fabaceae; Carmichaelia; Carmichaelia
crassicaulis; Corallospartium; Corallospartium
crassicaule var. racemosum; new combination; New Zealand
flora
B06032; Online publication date 29 March 2007; Received 26 July
2006; accepted 24 November 2006
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 2007, Vol. 45: 265 - 268
0028 - 825X/07/4501 - 0265 © The Royal Society of New Zealand
2007
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