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Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill.

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Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill. (1780)
Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill.
Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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J.F.Mill.
J.F.Mill.
1780
t. 1
John Frederick Miller (J.F.Mill.) published Sophora tetraptera in his serial work titled Icones animalium et plantarum (Illustrations of Animals and Plants).Specifically, the description and accompanying illustration appeared in 1780 under Plate 1 (t. 1). Miller based his work on the physical specimens and drawings brought back to England by Sir Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander. They collected the large-leaved kōwhai in 1769 from Tolaga Bay and Anaura Bay during Captain James Cook's first voyage to New Zealand on the Endeavour. Because John Frederick Miller's father, John Sebastian Mueller (J.S.Muell.) (who changed his name to John Miller), also worked closely on these botanical circles, historical records sometimes muddy the title pages. However, the publication Icones animalium et plantarum remains the exact place where the name was formally established into botanical nomenclature.
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Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill.
species
Sophora tetraptera

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Fabales
Leguminosae
Sophora
tetraptera

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Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill.

Tree up to c. 12 m. tall, trunk up to 6 dm. diam. Branches spreading, young branchlets clad in fulvellous tomentum (juveniles not of divaricating form). Lvs up to 15 cm. or more long, with 10-20 pairs of lflts, sts more. Lflts 1·5-3·5 cm. × 5-8 mm., ovate to elliptic-oblong, clad above and below with silky appressed hairs, midrib distinct below. Fls up to 5 cm. long, in 4-10-fld racemes, golden yellow. Calyx 1-1·5 cm. long, clad in appressed silky hairs; standard c. 3 cm. long; wings c. 3·5 cm. long; keel c. 4·5 cm. long. Pods up to 2 dm. long, broadly winged; seeds 6 or more, yellowish, c. 7 mm. long.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill.

2n = 18
n = 9
n = 8 bivalents + 1 quadrivalents
2n = 18
2n = 18

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Edwardsia grandiflora Salisb.
Edwardsia grandiflora Salisb.
Heenan, P.B.; de Lange, P.J.; Wilton, A.D. (2001)
Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill.
Edwardsia tetraptera (J.F.Mill.) W.R.B.Oliv.
Edwardsia tetraptera (J.S.Mill.) W.R.B.Oliv.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill.
Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill.
Sophora tetraptera J.S.Mill.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill.
Sophora tetraptera J.S.Mill.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Sophora L.
Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill.
Sophora tetraptera J.S.Mill.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Sophora L.
Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill.
Sophora tetraptera J.S.Mill.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Sophora L.
Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill.
Sophora tetraptera J.S.Mill.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Sophora L.
Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill.
Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill.
de Lange, P.J.; Gosden, J. et al. (2024)
Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill.
Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill.
Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill.
Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill.
Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill.
Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill.
Sophora tetraptera J.S.Mill.
Heenan, P.B.; de Lange, P.J.; Wilton, A.D. (2001)

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Edwardsia tetraptera (J.F.Mill.) W.R.B.Oliv.
New Zealand
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Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill.
French Polynesia
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Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill.
New Zealand
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Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
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Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
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Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
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Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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Sophora tetraptera J.F.Mill.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
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scientific name
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1 January 2000
21 June 2026
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