Interesting Facts
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Description
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Physical Description
Habit: Shrub • Climbing: Not Climbing
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,397 meters (0 to 4,583 feet).[1]
Biology
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Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
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- 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
()
- 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:
obcordata
- (Vent.) Druce
- Botanical name: - Bossiaea obcordata (Vent.) Druce
- Specific epithet:
obcordata
- (Vent.) Druce
- Genus:
Bossiaea
(
- Tribe:
Bossiaeeae
(
- Subfamily:
Papilionoideae
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Basionym
: Fabaceae Platylobium obcordatum Vent
.
Basionym author: (Vent.)
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Climbing
: Not climbing, Habit: Shrub
, Lifespan: Perennial
Last scrutiny: Jan-2001
Similar Species
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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)
More Info
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Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- ILDIS World Database of Legumes. Release date: May 1, 2007
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Dec 27, 2011.
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
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2842056
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-17882
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13822175
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 418011
Footnotes
- Mean = 348.800 meters (1,144.357 feet), Standard Deviation = 385.170 based on 223 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
