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Clianthus puniceus

(Parrot´s-Beak)

Overview

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Endangered

Threat status

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Glory Pea, Glory-Pea, Kaka Beak, Kaka-Beak, Lobster Claw, Parrot´s-Beak, Parrot's Beak, Parrot's Bill, Parrot-Beak, Parrotbill, Parrots Bill, Red Kowhai

Common Names in Maori:

Kowhai Ngutu-Kaka

Description

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Subfamily Faboideae

Mostly herbs, shrubs , or trees . Leaves pinnate or palmate to trifoliolate or apparently simple . Corolla usually, showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner ) petal outermost in bud. Stamens 10 or 9 + 1 (diadelphous ), not showy. Pollen released in monads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) lacking. [Carr]

Physical Description

Habit: ShrubClimbing: Not Climbing

Flowers: Bloom Period: January, February, March, April, May. • Flower Color: pink, red

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 10-12' tall.

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,212 meters (0 to 13,819 feet).[1]

Ecology: The species occurs as a shrub or small tree in scrubby forest margins and flaxland.[2]

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Culture: Space 8-10' apart.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

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Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: –

Place of publication : Edwards's Bot. Reg. 18: t. 1775. 1835

Name verified on 12-Jan-1988 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 10-May-2007

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Clianthus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 22 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

C. baueri · C. carneus · C. dampieri · C. formosus · C. maximus · C. oxleyi · C. puniceus (Parrot´s-Beak) · C. puniceus 'Alba' · C. puniceus 'Albus' · C. puniceus 'Cardinal' · C. puniceus 'Flamingo' · C. puniceus 'Kaka King' · C. puniceus 'Magnificus' · C. puniceus 'Pink Flamingo' (Lobster Claw) · C. puniceus 'Red Admiral' · C. puniceus 'Red Cardinal' · C. puniceus 'Roseus' (Kowhai Ngutu Kaka) · C. puniceus var. alba (White Lobster Claw) · C. puniceus var. maximus (Parrot´s-Beak) · C. puniceus var. puniceus (Parrot´s-Beak) · C. puniceus 'White Heron' · C. speciosus

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Further Reading

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Notes

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 28, 2008:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. Mean = 1,860.600 meters (6,104.331 feet), Standard Deviation = 2,450.110 based on 5 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
  2. de Lange, P.J. 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
Last Revised: 7/1/2009