''Carmichaelia muritai'', common name coastal tree broom,
is a species of
plant in the family
. It is found only in the South Island of
New Zealand.
Distribution and habitat
It is found in coastal forest at Clifford Bay in
Marlborough.
Taxonomy
It was first described in 1985 by
Andrew Purdie as ''Chordospartium muritai''.
[ In 1998, ]Peter Heenan
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Early life
Born in Tullaree, near Newcastle, County Down, Irela ...
assigned it to the genus, '' Carmichaelia''.[
]
Conservation status
In 1998 it was declared "critically endangered" under IUCN
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natu ...
2.3 (with just 12 plants existing in the wild),[ and in 2018, it was declared "Nationally endangered" under the ]New Zealand Threat Classification System
The New Zealand Threat Classification System is used by the Department of Conservation to assess conservation priorities of species in New Zealand.
The system was developed because the IUCN Red List, a similar conservation status system, had some ...
.[
]
References
Endangered flora of New Zealand
Critically endangered plants
muritai
Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN
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