Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Thorny Bitter-Pea
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Evergreen .
Flowers: Bloom Period: March. • Flower Color: orange, red
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 36-48" tall.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 272 meters (0 to 892 feet).[1]
Biology
Growth
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.
Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High
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:
Mirbelieae
()
- Genus:
Daviesia
()
- J.E. Smith, 1798
- Specific epithet:
pectinata
- Lindl.
- Botanical name: - Daviesia pectinata Lindl.
- Specific epithet:
pectinata
- Lindl.
- Genus:
Daviesia
(
- Tribe:
Mirbelieae
(
- Subfamily:
Papilionoideae
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
Similar Species
Members of the genus Daviesia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
D. brevifolia (Leafless Bitter-Pea) · D. buxifolia (Box-Leaf Bitter-Pea) · D. corymbosa (Clustered Bitter-Pea) · D. latifolia (Bitter Leaf) · D. pectinata (Thorny Bitter-Pea) · D. ulicifolia (Gorse Bitter-Pea)
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Further Reading
- 1997 IUCN red list of threatened plants Cambridge: IUCN, World Conservation Union, 1998 url p. 355.
- Report of the Australian Association for the advancement of Science. Sidney, The Association. url p. 461.
- The botanic gardens list of rare and threatened species IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 13.
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:
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2841502
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-17315
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:104800-3
- GRIN Nomen Number: 436062
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 417417
Footnotes
- Mean = 110.170 meters (361.450 feet), Standard Deviation = 59.540 based on 42 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
