Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Variable Bossiaea
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Shrub • Climbing: Not Climbing
Flowers: Bloom Period: July, August, September. • Flower Color: red, yellow
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 24-36" tall.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,560 meters (0 to 11,680 feet).[1]
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Growth
Culture: Space 4-6' apart.
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full sun .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rosanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Fabales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Leguminosae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily:
Papilionoideae
()
- Tribe:
Bossiaeeae
()
- Genus:
Bossiaea
()
- Ventenat, 1800
- Specific epithet:
heterophylla
- Vent.
- Botanical name: - Bossiaea heterophylla Vent.
- Specific epithet:
heterophylla
- Vent.
- Genus:
Bossiaea
(
- Tribe:
Bossiaeeae
(
- Subfamily:
Papilionoideae
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author
: Vent
. Publication
: Description
des Plantes Nouvelles
et peu connues, cultivees dans le Jardin de J.M. Cels 1800 (Sep.
1800)
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Climbing
: Not climbing, Conservation
Status: Not Threatened,
Habit: Shrub
, Lifespan: Perennial
Last scrutiny: Jan-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Bossiaea
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
B. foliosa (Leafy Bossiaea) · B. heterophylla (Variable Bossiaea) · B. prostrata (Creeping Bossiaea)
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Further Reading
- A bush calendar / by Amy E. Mack (Mrs. Launcelot Harrison); with forty-two illustrations from nature Sydney [Australia]: Angus & Robertson, 1909 url p. 92.
- Illustrations of Australian plants collected in 1770 during Captain Cook's voyage round the world in H.M.S. Endeavour /by the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander, with determinations by James Britten. 1 1900-1905 London, Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, sold by Longmans, 1900-05. url p. 18.
- Organography of plants, especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta, by Dr. K. Goebel. .. authorized English ed. by Isaac Bayley Balfour. .. Oxford, Clarendon press, 1900-05. url p. 168.
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 10, p. 104, p. 125, p. 127, p. 129, p. 132, p. 141, p. 154, p. 278, p. 282, p. 288, p. 293, p. 294, p. 40, p. 57, p. 59, p. 70, p. 732.
- Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. Melbourne: The Society, 1889- url p. 200.
- The Bradley bibliography; a guide to the literature of the woody plants of the world published before the beginning of the twentieth century; Cambridge, Riverside Press, 1911-18. url p. 336.
- The miscellaneous botanical works of Robert Brown vol. II, containing III. systematic memoirs, and IV. contributions to systematic works. London: Published for the Ray Society by R. Hardwicke, 1867. url .
- The rusts of Australia their structure, nature and classification / by D. McAlpine. Melbourne: Robt. S. Brain, government printer1906. url p. 198, p. 436, p. 443.
- The rusts of Australia, their structure, nature, and classification. Melbourne, Brain, 1906. url p. 198, p. 330, p. 337.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 01, 2007:
- Australian National Herbarium
- , Australian National Herbarium
- National Herbarium of New South Wales, NSW herbarium collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2840466
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-16123
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13822175
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:64349-3
- GRIN Nomen Number: 7454
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 404213
Footnotes
- Mean = 96.900 meters (317.913 feet), Standard Deviation = 590.380 based on 14,962 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
