Carmichaelia nana
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| Carmichaelia nana | |
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| Rangipo Desert, Waikato | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Carmichaelia |
| Species: | C. nana |
| Binomial name | |
| Carmichaelia nana | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Carmichaelia enysii Kirk | |
Carmichaelia nana is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found in both the North and South Islands of New Zealand.[4][2] Its conservation status in 2013 was assessed as "At Risk (declinining)" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, but in 2018 its risk under the same system became "Threatened-Nationally Vulnerable".[1]
Carmichaelia nana is a dwarf, spreading shrub growing in a dense mat from 20 to 60 mm high and 0.5 m wide.[4]
Taxonomy
The species was first described by George Bentham as C. australis var. β nana.[3] It was raised to species level by William Colenso in 1864 in Joseph Dalton Hooker's "Handbook of New Zealand Flora".[2][3] The specific epithet, nana, is a Latin adjective meaning "diminutive" or "dwarfed".[5]
