Dracophyllum kirkii

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Dracophyllum kirkii
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Not Threatened (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Dracophyllum
Species:
D. kirkii
Binomial name
Dracophyllum kirkii
Synonyms[2]

Dracophyllum uniflorum Berggr. nom. illegit.

Dracophyllum kirkii is a species of shrub endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. It was first described by Sven Berggren in 1877 and gets the specific epithet kirkii after the New Zealand botanist Thomas Kirk. In the heath family Ericaceae, it inhabits mountain slopes and bluffs and reaches a height of just 20–140 cm (8–55 in).[2][3] A 2017 assessment using the New Zealand Threat Classification System classified it as “Not Threatened,” giving it an estimated population of more than 100,000.[1]

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Citations[]

  1. ^ a b "Assessment details for Dracophyllum kirkii Berggr". New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS). Department of Conservation (New Zealand). 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b de Lange, Peter (2012). "Dracophyllum kirkii". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 9 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Venter, Stephanus (March 2021). "A taxonomic revision of the Australasian genera Dracophyllum and Richea (Richeeae: Styphelioideae: Ericaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 34 (2): 95–98. doi:10.1071/SB19049_CO. ISSN 1030-1887.
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