Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Creeping Bossiaea
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Shrub • Climbing: Not Climbing
Flowers: Bloom Period: March. • Flower Color: yellow
Size/Age/Growth
Size: under 6" tall.
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Growth
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Light Shade.
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:
prostrata
- R.Br.
- Botanical name: - Bossiaea prostrata R.Br.
- Specific epithet:
prostrata
- R.Br.
- 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
: R.Br. Publication
: Hortus Kewensis 1812
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Climbing
: Not climbing, 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
- Key to the system of Victorian plants. .. By Baron Ferd. von Mueller. .. Melbourne, R.S. Bain, government printer, 1885-88. url p. 215.
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 141, p. 21, p. 31, p. 52.
- 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 Victorian naturalist. [Melbourne]Field Naturalists Club of Victoria. url p. 84.
- The rusts of Australia their structure, nature and classification / by D. McAlpine. Melbourne: Robt. S. Brain, government printer1906. url p. 206, p. 368, p. 436.
- The rusts of Australia, their structure, nature, and classification. Melbourne, Brain, 1906. url p. 206, p. 330, p. 340.
- Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. .. Melbourne: The Society, 1865-1888. url p. 35.
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 January 28, 2008:
- Australian National Herbarium
- , Australian National Herbarium
- National Herbarium of New South Wales, NSW herbarium collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2841394
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-17211
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13822175
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:64704-3
- GRIN Nomen Number: 435807
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 417315
