| Kakabeak | |
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| Kakabeak leaves and flowers | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Clade: | Inverted repeat-lacking clade |
| Tribe: | Galegeae |
| Subtribe: | Astragalinae |
| Genus: | Clianthus Sol. ex Lindl. (1834 publ. 1835)[1] |
| Type species | |
| Clianthus puniceus (G. Don) Sol. ex Lindl.
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Clianthus, commonly known as kakabeak (kōwhai ngutukākā in Māori), is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae, comprising two species of shrubs endemic to the North Island of New Zealand.[2] They have striking clusters of red flowers which resemble the beak of the kākā, a New Zealand parrot. The plants are also known as parrot's beak, parrot's bill and lobster claw – all references to the distinctive flowers. There is also a variety with white to creamy coloured flowers called: "Albus," and a variety with rosy pink flowers called: "Roseus."[3]
- ^ Entry in New Zealand Plants database, Landcare Research. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ a b c Clianthus Sol. ex Lindl. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ^ Paddison, Valda (2003). The Gardener's Encyclopaedia of New Zealand Native Plants. Godwit. p. 189. ISBN 1869620437. Retrieved 2020-08-31.