Dracophyllum kirkii explained

Dracophyllum kirkii is a species of shrub endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. It was first described by Sven Berggren in 1877 and gets the specific epithet kirkii after the New Zealand botanist Thomas Kirk. In the heath family Ericaceae, it inhabits mountain slopes and bluffs and reaches a height of just NaN0NaN0.[1] [2] A 2017 assessment using the New Zealand Threat Classification System classified it as "Not Threatened", giving it an estimated population of more than 100,000.

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  1. Web site: de Lange. Peter. 2012. Dracophyllum kirkii. 9 September 2021. New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. en.
  2. Venter. Stephanus. March 2021. A taxonomic revision of the Australasian genera Dracophyllum and Richea (Richeeae: Styphelioideae: Ericaceae). Australian Systematic Botany. 34. 2. 95–98. 10.1071/SB19049_CO. 1030-1887.