New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts

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Chordospartium muritai (Papilionaceae) ó a rare new species of New Zealand tree broom

ANDREW W. PURDIE

Botany Division, DSIR
Private Bag, Christchurch, New Zealand

Abstract Chordospartium muritai A. W. Purdie sp. nov. from Clifford Bay, Marlborough is described. It is distinguished from the only other species of the genus, C. stevensonii Cheesem., by its branchlet habit, distinctly erect racemes, flower colour and size, and by its smaller pods and seeds. Only one population of 28 plants is known, grow- ing on an unstable cliff.

Keywords Chordospartium muritai; Papiliona- ceae; new species; tree broom; taxonomy; Marl- borough flora; New Zealand flora; rare and endangered

Received 5 July 1984; accepted 1 August 1984
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 1985, Vol. 23: 157-161
0028-825X/85/2301-0157$2.50/0 © Crown copyright 1985

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