''Carmichaelia nana'' is a species of
plant
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in the family
Fabaceae. It is found in both the North and South Islands of
New Zealand
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.
[ Its conservation status in 2013 was assessed as "At Risk (declinining)" 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 ...
, but in 2018 its risk under the same system became "Threatened-Nationally Vulnerable".
Description
''Carmichaelia nana'' is a dwarf, spreading shrub growing in a dense mat from 20 to 60 mm high and 0.5 m wide.[
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Taxonomy
The species was first described by George Bentham
George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studi ...
as ''C. australis'' var. β ''nana''.William Colenso
William Colenso (17 November 1811 – 10 February 1899) FRS was a Cornish Christian missionary to New Zealand, and also a printer, botanist, explorer and politician. He attended the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi and later wrote an accou ...
in 1864 in Joseph Dalton Hooker
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of ...
's "Handbook of New Zealand Flora".[ The species epithet, ''nana'', is a Latin adjective meaning "diminutive" or "dwarfed".]
Habitat
It is found from both lowland to alpine habitats in alluvial river beds, terraces, and moraines.[
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References
External links
''Carmichaelia nana'' 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 ...
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nana
Nana, Nanna, Na Na or NANA may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Nana (given name), including a list of people and characters with the given name
* Nana (surname), including a list of people and characters with the surname
* Nana ( ...
Flora of New Zealand
Taxa named by Joseph Dalton Hooker
Plants described in 1880
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