''Carmichaelia australis'', or common broom,
is a species of
pea
The pea is most commonly the small spherical seed or the seed-pod of the flowering plant species ''Pisum sativum''. Each pod contains several peas, which can be green or yellow. Botanically, pea pods are fruit, since they contain seeds and d ...
in the family
Fabaceae. It is native to
New Zealand
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and found in both the North and South Islands.
[ Its conservation status (2018) is "Not Threatened" under the ]New Zealand Threat Classification System
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The system was developed because the IUCN Red List, a similar conservation status system, had some ...
.
Taxonomy and naming
The species was first described by Robert Brown in 1825.[ The specific epithet, ''australis'', means "southern".][ The earliest collected specimen was collected by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander in 1769]
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and is held in Auckland Museum
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.
Synonymy
''Carmichaelia solandri'' G.Simpson is accepted as a different species by ILDIS,Plants of the World Online
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,[ nor by Allan (1961),][ nor ]Heenan
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* Catherine H ...
(1996).[ (Heenan's extensive list of synonyms differs from that of Plants of the World Online.) See also]
NZFlora ''Carmichaelia australis''
References
External links
''Carmichaelia australis'' occurrence data
from Australasian Virtual Herbarium
The ''Australasian Virtual Herbarium'' (AVH) is an online resource that allows access to plant specimen data held by various Australian and New Zealand herbaria. It is part of the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA), and was formed by the amalgama ...
NZFlora ''Carmichaelia australis''
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australis
Flora of New Zealand
Plants described in 1825
Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)
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