Sophora longicarinata
| Sophora longicarinata | |
|---|---|
| Limestone kōwhai foliage | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Eudicots | 
| Clade: | Rosids | 
| Order: | Fabales | 
| Family: | Fabaceae | 
| Subfamily: | Faboideae | 
| Genus: | Sophora | 
| Species: | S. longicarinata 
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| Binomial name | |
| Sophora longicarinata G.Simpson & J.S.Thomson 
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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]

References
[edit]- ^ "Sophora longicarinata". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network.
 - ^ Hughes, Denis. "Pg 203" (PDF). Sophora — The Kowhais of New Zealand©. IPPS—International Plant Propagator’s Society.
 - ^ "Sophora longicarinata". Southern Woods Nursery Ltd. Archived from the original on February 23, 2013.