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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
Binomial name
Sophora longicarinata G.Simpson & 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. 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. As its common name suggests it grows in limestone areas. This species does not have a divaricating juvenile phase.

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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