Dracophyllum scoparium is a species of shrub or small tree endemic to the Chatham Islands of New Zealand. It was first described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1844 and gets the specific epithet scoparium, in the form of a broom, for the way in which its juvenile leaves grow. In the heath family Ericaceae, it inhabits the Chatham and Pitt Islands, and reaches a height of 1–4 m.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Dracophyllum |
| Species: | D. scoparium
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| Dracophyllum scoparium | |
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References
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edit- ^ "Assessment details for Dracophyllum scoparium Hook.f." New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS). Department of Conservation (New Zealand). 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ a b de Lange, Peter. "Dracophyllum scoparium". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
- ^ Venter, Stephanus (March 2021). "A taxonomic revision of the Australasian genera Dracophyllum and Richea (Richeeae: Styphelioideae: Ericaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 34 (2): 148–151. doi:10.1071/SB19049_CO. ISSN 1030-1887.
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