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Carmichaelia hollowayi (common name Holloways broom)[4] is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in the South Island of New Zealand.[4][2] Its conservation status (2018) is "Nationally Critical" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[1]

Carmichaelia hollowayi
Conservation status
Nationally Critical (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Carmichaelia
Species:	C. hollowayi
Binomial name
Carmichaelia hollowayi G.Simpson[2][3]
Occurrence data from AVH

Description

Carmichaelia hollowayi is a low-growing shrub (50–60 cm high), first growing as an erect shrub but later its stems trail and spread across the ground.[3]

Taxonomy

The species was first described by George Simpson in 1945.[2][3] The earliest record in AVH, CHR 45804 was collected by Simpson in 1937 somewhere in Otago.[5]

Habitat

It grows on limestone[4] (which Simpson described as sandstone).[3]

References

External links

• Carmichaelia hollowayi occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium (Note:These points have been intentionally misplaced since this is a sensitive species.)
• Media related to Carmichaelia hollowayi at Wikimedia Commons

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