Common broom facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Common broom
Taubert (1891)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Genus:	Carmichaelia
Species:	C. australis
Binomial name
Carmichaelia australis R.Br.
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms
Carmichaelia acuminata Kirk Carmichaelia aligera G.Simpson Carmichaelia arenaria G.Simpson Carmichaelia corymbosa Colenso Carmichaelia cunninghamii Raoul Carmichaelia egmontiana (Cockayne & Allan) G.Simpson Carmichaelia flagelliformis Colenso Carmichaelia hookeri Kirk Carmichaelia micrantha Colenso Carmichaelia muelleriana Regel Carmichaelia multicaulis Colenso Carmichaelia ovata G.Simpson Carmichaelia paludosa Cockayne Carmichaelia rivulata G.Simpson Carmichaelia robusta Kirk Carmichaelia silvatica G.Simpson Carmichaelia solandri G.Simpson Carmichaelia stricta Lehm. Carmichaelia subulata Kirk Carmichaelia violacea Kirk Genista compressa Sol. ex A.Cunn.

Carmichaelia australis (common name - common broom) is a species of pea in the family Fabaceae. It is found in both the North and South Islands of New Zealand. Its conservation status (2018) is "Not Threatened" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.

Taxonomy & naming

The species was first described by Robert Brown in 1825. The specific epithet, australis, means "southern". The earliest collected specimen was collected by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander in 1769 (AK102896) is held in the Auckland Museum.

Synonymy

C. solandri G.Simpson is accepted as a different species by ILDIS, but not by Plants of the World Online, nor by Allan (1961), nor Heenan (1996) (Note that Heenan's extensive list of synonyms differs from that of Plants of the World Online). See also: NZFlora Carmichaelia australis.