Chorizema genistoides
Chorizema genistoides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Chorizema |
Species: | C. genistoides
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Binomial name | |
Chorizema genistoides | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Oxylobium genistoides Meisn. |
Chorizema genistoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low-lying, spreading or erect that typically grows to a height of 20–60 cm (7.9–23.6 in) and has yellow and red, pea-like flowers.[2] It was first formally described in 1855 by Carl Meissner, who gave it the name Oxylobium genistoides in Botanische Zeitung from specimens collected by James Drummond.[3][4] In 1930, Charles Gardner transferred the species to Chorizema as C. genistoides.[5] The specific epithet (genistoides) means "Genista-like".[6]
Chorizema genistoides grows in sandy and clayey soils on scree slopes and on hills in the Avon Wheatbelt, Mallee, Murchison and Yalgoo bioregions of south-western Western Australia.[2] The species is listed as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Chorizema genistoides". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ a b c "Chorizema genistoides". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Oxylobium genistoides". APNI. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ Meissner, Carl (1855). "Leguminosae quaedam Australasicae novae". Botanische Zeitung. 13 (1): 12–13. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ "Chorizema genistoides". APNI. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 205. ISBN 9780958034180.