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Chorizema genistoides

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Chorizema genistoides

Priority Three — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Chorizema
Species:
C. genistoides
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

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  1. ^ a b "Chorizema genistoides". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Chorizema genistoides". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ^ "Oxylobium genistoides". APNI. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  4. ^ Meissner, Carl (1855). "Leguminosae quaedam Australasicae novae". Botanische Zeitung. 13 (1): 12–13. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Chorizema genistoides". APNI. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  6. ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 205. ISBN 9780958034180.