Overview
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Bossiaea is a genus in the pea family (Fabaceae) consisting of about 70 species which are native to Australia. The genus is named in honour of , a botanist on La P?rouse's expedition to Australia.
Species include:
- Bossiaea arenicola J.H.Ross
- Bossiaea aquifolium - Water Bush
- Bossiaea armitii F.Muell.
- Bossiaea bossiaeoides (Benth.) Court - Bossiaea
- Bossiaea bracteosa Benth. - Mountain Leafless Bossiaea
- Bossiaea brownii Benth.
- Bossiaea buxifolia A.Cunn. - Matted Bossiaea
- Bossiaea carinalis Benth.
- Bossiaea cinerea R.Br. - Showy Bossiaea
- Bossiaea concinna Benth.
- Bossiaea cordigera Hook.f. - Wiry Bossiaea
- Bossiaea cucullata J.H.Ross
- Bossiaea dentata (R.Br.) Benth.
- Bossiaea disticha Lindl.
- Bossiaea divaricata Turcz.
- Bossiaea ensata DC. - Sword Bossiaea
- Bossiaea eriocarpa Benth.
- Bossiaea foliosa A.Cunn. - Leafy Bossiaea
- Bossiaea halophila J.H.Ross
- Bossiaea heterophylla Vent. - Variable Bossiaea
- Bossiaea kiamensis Benth.
- Bossiaea lenticularis DC.
- Bossiaea leptacantha E.Pritz.
- Bossiaea linophylla R.Br.
- Bossiaea modesta J.H Ross
- Bossiaea neo-anglica F. Muell.
- Bossiaea obcordata (Vent.) Druce - Spiny Bossiaea
- Bossiaea oligosperma A.T.Lee
- Bossiaea ornata Benth.
- Bossiaea oxyclada Turcz.
- Bossiaea peduncularis Turcz.
- Bossiaea praetermissa J.H.Ross
- Bossiaea preissii Meissner
- Bossiaea prostrata R. Br. - Creeping Bossiaea
- Bossiaea pulchella Meissner
- Bossiaea rhombifolia DC.
- Bossiaea riparia Benth. - River Leafless Bossiaea
- Bossiaea rosmarinifolia Lindl. - Grampians Bossiaea
- Bossiaea rufa R. Br.
- Bossiaea rupicola Benth.
- Bossiaea scolopendria (Andrews) Sm.
- Bossiaea scortechinii F.Muell.
- Bossiaea spinescens Meissner
- Bossiaea spinosa (Turcz.) Domin
- Bossiaea stephensonii F.Muell.
- Bossiaea vombata J.H.Ross - Wombat Bossiaea
- Bossiaea walkeri F.Muell. - Cactus Bossiaea, Cactus Pea
- Bossiaea webbii F.Muell. - Water Bush
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- "Bossiaea Vent.". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_id=7480.
- Fabaceae tribes Mirbelieae and Bossiaeeae: Bossiaea
- ILDIS list of species
- Corrick, M.G. and Fuhrer, B.A. (2001). Wildflowers of Victoria and adjoining areas. Australia: Bloomings Books. ISBN 1876473142.
- PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online: Bossiaea
- "Bossiaea". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/21543.
- "Bossiaea". Electronic Flora of South Australia Fact Sheet. State Herbarium of South Australia. http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/texhtml.cgi?form=speciesfacts&family=&genus=bossiaea&species=&iname=&submit=Display.
Taxonomy
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The Genus Bossiaea is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 126 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Genus Bossiaea: B. aculeata · B. aquifolium · B. aquifolium subsp. laidlawiana · B. aquifolium aquifolium · B. aquifolium laidlawiana · B. arenicola · B. armitii · B. armittii · B. barbarae · B. battii · B. biloba · B. biloba var. biloba · B. biloba var. stenophylla · B. bossiaeoides · B. bracteosa · B. brownei · B. brownii · B. buxifolia · B. calycina · B. carinalis · B. cinerea · B. cinerea var. cinerea · B. cinerea var. rigida · B. cinerea var. rosmarinifolia · B. cinerea var. tenuicaulis · B. coccinea · B. concinna · B. cordifolia · B. cordigera · B. cucullata · B. decumbens · B. dentata · B. dentata var. angustifolia · B. dentata var. dentata · B. dentata var. hastata · B. dentata var. latifolia · B. disticha · B. distichoclada · B. divaricata · B. egena · B. endlicheri · B. endlicheri var. angustifolia · B. endlicheri var. endlicheri · B. endlicheri var. minor · B. endlicheri var. ovalifolia · B. ensata · B. eriocarpa · B. eriocarpa var. eriocalyx · B. eriocarpa var. eriocarpa · B. eriocarpa var. normalis · B. eriocarpa var. planifolia · B. flexuosa · B. foliosa (Leafy Bossiaea) · B. gilbertii · B. halophila · B. hendersonii · B. heterophylla (Variable Bossiaea) · B. heterophylla var. heterophylla · B. heterophylla var. stenoclada · B. humilis · B. kiamensis · B. laidlawiana · B. laidlawiana laidlawiana · B. lalagoides · B. lanceolata · B. lenticularis · B. leptacantha · B. linnaeoides · B. linophylla · B. linophylla var. aurantiaca · B. linophylla var. linophylla · B. linophylla var. splendens · B. microphylla · B. modesta · B. neo-anglica · B. neoanglica · B. nervosa · B. nummularia · B. obcordata · B. oligosperma · B. ornata · B. ovalifolia · B. ovata · B. oxyclada · B. pauciflora · B. paucifolia · B. peduncularis · B. phylloclada · B. plumosa · B. praetermissa · B. preissii · B. procumbens · B. prostrata (Creeping Bossiaea) · B. pulchella · B. rhombifolia · B. rhombifolia subsp. concolor · B. rhombifolia subsp. rhombifolia · B. rhombifolia concolor · B. rhombifolia rhombifolia · B. rhombifolia var. concolor · B. rhombifolia var. rhombifolia · B. rigida · B. riparia · B. rosmarinifolia · B. rossii · B. rotundifolia · B. rufa · B. rufa var. foliosa · B. rufa var. normalis · B. rufa var. oxyclada · B. rufa var. rufa · B. rufa var. virgata · B. rupicola · B. scolopendria · B. scolopendrium · B. scortechinii · B. spinescens · B. spinosa · B. stenophylla · B. stephensonii · B. strigillosa · B. sulcata · B. tenuicaulis · B. virgata · B. walkeri · B. webbii
References
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- "Bossiaea Vent.". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_id=7480.
- Fabaceae tribes Mirbelieae and Bossiaeeae: Bossiaea
- ILDIS list of species
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