Carmichaelia astonii

Carmichaelia astonii
Conservation status
	; Nationally Vulnerable (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Carmichaelia
Species:	C. astonii
Binomial name
	Carmichaelia astonii; G.Simpson
	Occurrence data from AVH

Carmichaelia astonii (common name Aston's dwarf broom)^[4] is a species of pea in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in South Island of New Zealand.^[2] Its conservation status (2018) is "Nationally vulnerable" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.^[1]

Taxonomy & naming

The species was first described by George Simpson in 1945, who gave it the specific epithet, astonii, to honour Bernard Aston.^[3] A lectotype, AK 70629 collected by Simpson in February 1937 on the Ure River, in the Marlborough Region, is held in the Auckland Museum.^[5]

^ ^a ^b de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla, J. W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.M.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R. (2018). "Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 22: 32. OCLC 1041649797.
^ ^a ^b "Carmichaelia astonii G.Simpson | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b Simpson, G. (1945). "COCKAYNE MEMORIAL PAPER, No. I. A Revision of the genus Carmichaelia". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. lxxv: 276.
^ "Carmichaelia astonii | New Zealand Plant Conservation Network". nzpcn.org.nz. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
^ "Isolectotype of Carmichaelia astonii G.Simpson (family FABACEAE)". JSTOR Global Plants. Retrieved 25 November 2019.