Common Names
Common Names in English:
Leafy Bossiaea
Description
Subfamily Faboideae
Mostly herbs, shrubs , or trees . Leaves pinnate or palmate to trifoliolate or apparently simple . Corolla usually, showy, zygomorphic, the petals imbricate, posterior (upper or banner ) petal outermost in bud. Stamens 10 or 9 + 1 (diadelphous ), not showy. Pollen released in monads . Seeds with u-shaped line (pleurogram) lacking. [Carr]
Physical Description
Habit: Shrub • Climbing: Not Climbing
Flowers: Bloom Period: March, April, May. • Flower Color: yellow
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 24-36" tall.
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Growth
Culture: Space 36-48" apart.
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full sun .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
()
- Cronquist, Takhtajan & W. Zimmermann, 1966
- Flowering Plants
- Subphylum:
Spermatophytina
()
- (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
()
- Auct.
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Fabanae
()
- R. Dahlgren Ex Reveal, 1993
- Order:
Fabales
()
- Family:
Papilionaceae
()
- Subfamily:
Faboideae
()
- Tribe:
Bossiaeeae
()
- Genus:
Bossiaea
()
- Ventenat, 1800
- Specific epithet:
foliosa
- A.Cunn.
- Botanical name: - Bossiaea foliosa
- Specific epithet:
foliosa
- A.Cunn.
- Genus:
Bossiaea
(
- Tribe:
Bossiaeeae
(
- Subfamily:
Faboideae
(
- Family:
Papilionaceae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Fabanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
(
- Subphylum:
Spermatophytina
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
. Latest taxonomic
scrutiny: Ross J.H., Jan-2001
Place of publication
: B
. Field
, Geogr. Mem. New South Wales 347. 1825
Name verified on 31-Dec-1987 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 17-May-2006
Similar Species
Members of the genus Bossiaea
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 77 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
B. aculeata · B. aquifolium · B. aquifolium aquifolium · B. aquifolium laidlawiana · B. aquifolium subsp. laidlawiana · B. arenicola · B. armitii · B. armittii · B. barbarae · B. battii · B. biloba · B. bossiaeoides · B. bracteosa · B. brownei · B. brownii · B. buxifolia · B. carinalis · B. cinerea · B. coccinea · B. concinna · B. cordifolia · B. cordigera · B. cucullata · B. dentata · B. dentata var. hastata · B. disticha · B. distichoclada · B. divaricata · B. ensata · B. eriocarpa · B. flexuosa · B. foliosa (Leafy Bossiaea) · B. halophila · B. hendersonii · B. heterophylla (Variable Bossiaea) · B. kiamensis · B. laidlawiana laidlawiana · B. lanceolata · B. lenticularis · B. leptacantha · B. linophylla · B. microphylla · B. modesta · B. neo-anglica · B. obcordata · B. oligosperma · B. ornata · B. ovata · B. oxyclada · B. paucifolia · B. peduncularis · B. praetermissa · B. preissii · B. procumbens · B. prostrata (Creeping Bossiaea) · B. pulchella · B. rhombifolia · B. rhombifolia concolor · B. rhombifolia rhombifolia · B. rhombifolia subsp. concolor · B. rhombifolia subsp. rhombifolia · B. riparia · B. rosmarinifolia · B. rufa · B. rupicola · B. scolopendria · B. scolopendrium · B. scortechinii · B. spinescens · B. spinosa · B. stenophylla · B. stephensonii · B. strigillosa · B. sulcata · B. tenuicaulis · B. walkeri · B. webbii
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Further Reading
- Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb. 4:100. [A. Lee].
- National Herbarium of New South Wales. 1961–1984. Flora of New South Wales. (F NSW)
- Willis, J. H. 1970–1972. A handbook to plants in Victoria. (F VictWillis)
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed September 17, 2007.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Nghia, N.H. 1998. Dalbergia entadoides. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Nielsen IC & Rico ML, 1994 (from ILDIS).
- Pippen, Jeffrey S. Jeff's Nature Page. Accessed December 8, 2007.
- Podlech D, 1996 (from ILDIS).
- Polhill RM, 1993 (from ILDIS).
- Rhytismatales database 2006.
- Schrire BD, 1994-10 (from ILDIS).
- Sokoloff DD, 2001-03 (from ILDIS).
- Stirton CH, 2001-06 (from ILDIS).
- The Global Lepidoptera Names Index2, 12.2, 2005.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
- The Virtual Field Herbarium.
- Thomson, Christian (from Diptera).
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (May 05, 2008)
- USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
- van der Maesen LJG, 1993 (from ILDIS).
- van der Maesen, LJG, 2001-03 (from ILDIS).
- Vaz AMSF, 2001-05 (from ILDIS).
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Adenanthera intermedia. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 28, 2008:
- Australian National Herbarium
- , Australian National Herbarium
- National Herbarium of New South Wales, NSW herbarium collection
- National Herbarium of New South Wales, Plants of Papua New Guinea
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2840463
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-16120
- GRIN Nomen Number: 7453
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 404210
