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Kakabeak (Kōwhai ngutukākā in Māori) is a woody legume shrub native to New Zealand's North Island, with striking clusters of red flowers. These flowers resemble the beak of the Kākā, a New Zealand parrot, and the plant is also known as Parrot's Beak, Parrot's Bill and Lobster Claw. There is also a variety with white to creamy coloured flowers. The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive either in the present day or the future. ...
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Divisions Green algae land plants (embryophytes) non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses vascular plants (tracheophytes) seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongue ferns seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta...
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Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class: this name is formed by replacing the termination -aceae in the name Magnoliaceae by the termination -opsida (Art 16 of the ICBN). ...
Families Fabaceae (legumes) Quillajaceae Polygalaceae (milkwort family) Surianaceae The Fabales are an order of flowering plants, included in the rosid group of dicotyledons. ...
Subfamilies Faboideae Caesalpinioideae Mimosoideae References GRIN-CA 2002-09-01 The name Fabaceae belongs to either of two families, depending on viewpoint. ...
Tribes Abreae Adesmieae Aeschynomeneae Amorpheae Bossiaeeae Brongniartieae Carmichaelieae Cicereae Crotalarieae Dalbergieae Desmodieae Dipterygeae Euchresteae Galegeae Genisteae Hedysareae Indigofereae Liparieae Loteae Millettieae Mirbelieae Phaseoleae Podalyrieae Psoraleeae Robinieae Sophoreae Swartzieae Thermopsideae Trifolieae Vicieae Faboideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. ...
In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ...
Languages MÄori, English Religions MÄori religion, Christianity Related ethnic groups other Polynesian peoples, Austronesian peoples The word MÄori refers to the indigenous people of New Zealand and their language. ...
Varieties of soybean seeds, a popular legume Pea pods The term legume has two closely related meanings in botany, a situation encountered with many botanical common names of useful plants, whereby an applied name can refer to either the plant itself, or to the edible fruit (or useful part). ...
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North Island The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. ...
Binomial name Nestor meridionalis (Gmelin, 1788) The KÄkÄ, Nestor meridionalis, is a parrot native to the forests of New Zealand. ...
The species is endangered in the wild, with only 153 trees found in a 2005 survey (down from over 1000 in 1996), mainly in the East Cape region[3]. They are widely grown as a garden plant, but the cultivated lines are descended from only a few plants and are not genetically diverse. Gisborne is the name of a unitary authority (in this case, a region and district) in New Zealand. ...
Genetic diversity is a characteristic of ecosystems and gene pools that describes an attribute which is commonly held to be advantageous for survival -- that there are many different versions of otherwise similar organisms. ...
Kakabeak grow to around two metres high, with spreading branches producing leaf stalks up to 15 cm long bearing several pairs of small leaflets. They usually flower from spring through to early summer, but can flower twice a year or even year round[4].
There are three other genera of native legumes in New Zealand; Carmichaelia, Montigena, and Sophora[5]. Kakabeak also has some similarities to Sturt's desert pea from Australia, which was initially grouped together with Kakabeak in the genus Clianthus. Species About 60-70 species; see text: Sophora is a genus of about 45 species of small trees and shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae. ...
Binomial name Swainsona formosa (G. Don) Joy Thomps. ...
Kakabeak featured on a New Zealand 2 cent stamp in 1967.
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The Department of Conservation (In MÄori, Te Papa Atawhai), commonly known by its acronym, DOC, is the state sector organisation of New Zealand which deals with the conservation of New Zealand’s natural and historic heritage. ...
December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ...
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April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ...
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Gallery Botanical illustration from Cook's first voyage
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