Xeronema callistemon
| Xeronema callistemon | |
|---|---|
| Poor Knights lily, Ōtari-Wilton's Bush, Wellington, New Zealand | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Xeronemataceae |
| Genus: | Xeronema |
| Species: | X. callistemon |
| Binomial name | |
| Xeronema callistemon W.R.B. Oliv
| |
Xeronema callistemon is a species of flowering plant endemic to the Poor Knights Islands and Taranga Island in the north of New Zealand. It was discovered in 1924 and has a common name Poor Knights lily. The plant is listed as vulnerable in the 1997 IUCN Red List of Plants, but as of October 2010 is not listed in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.