Sophora longicarinata

Sophora longicarinata
Limestone kowhai foliage
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Sophoreae
Genus: Sophora
Species: S. longicarinata
Binomial name
Sophora longicarinata
G.Simpson et J.S.Thomson

Sophora longicarinata is commonly known as kōwhai or limestone kōwhai that grows naturally in a limited range around northern Nelson and also western Marlborough in New Zealand.[1] This species has quite small leaves compared to other similar species. Originally classified as a species in 1942 and then merged with Sophora microphylla it was reclassified as its own species again in 2001.[2] As its common name suggests it grows in limestone areas. This species does not have a divaricating juvenile phase.[3]

Limestone kowhai flower and seed pod closeup

See also

References

  1. "Sophora longicarinata". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network.
  2. Hughes, Denis. "Pg 203" (PDF). Sophora — The Kowhais of New Zealand©. IPPS—International Plant Propagator’s Society.
  3. "Sophora longicarinata". Southern Woods Nursery Ltd.
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