Sophora arizonica

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Genus Sophora

Perennial herbs, shrubs or trees . Leaves imparipinnate ; stipules minute or absent. Inflorescence a many flowered terminal racemes or panicle. Bracts linear , minute or absent. Calyx campanulate , teeth five, unequal, shortly triangular. Corolla cream or yellow, vexillum somewhat longer than the wings and keel. Stamens free or connate at the base . Ovary shortly stipitate , ovules many, style incurved , stigma terminal. Fruit a moniliform lomentum.

A genus of about 80 species, distributed in warm temperate regions of both hemispheres; represented in Pakistan by 6 species including the 3 cultivated ones.[1]

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Calia arizonica (S. Watson) Yakovlev • Calia arizonica (S. Watson)yakovlev • Calia arizonica formosa (Kearney & Peebles)yakovlev • Calia formosa (Kearney & Peebles)yakovlev • Sophora formosa Kearney & Peebles

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Habit: Shrub , Lifespan: Perennial

Similar Species

Members of the genus Sophora

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 34 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

S. affinis (Eve's Necklacepod) · S. arizonica (Arizona Necklacepod) · S. chathamica (Coastal Kowhai) · S. chrysophylla (Mamane) · S. davidii (Davids Mountain Laurel) · S. denudata (Petit Tamarin Des Hauts) · S. flavescens (Shrubby Sophora) · S. fulvida (Waitakere Kowhai) · S. godleyi (Godley's Kowhai) · S. gypsophila (Guadalupe Mountain Necklacepod) · S. gypsophila var. guadalupensis (Guadalupe Mountain Laurel) · S. japonica f. violacea (Chinese Scholar Tree) · S. japonica 'Pendula' (Chinese Scholar Tree) · S. japonica 'Regent' (Chinese Scholar Tree) · S. leachiana (Sophora) · S. linearifolia (Ovejero) · S. macrocarpa (Sophora) · S. microphylla (Kowhai) · S. microphylla var. fulvida (Kowhai) · S. microphylla var. longicarinata (Kowhai) · S. microphylla 'Sun King' (Kowhai) · S. mollis (Dwarf Sophora) · S. nuttalliana (Silky Sophora) · S. prostrata (Prostrate Kowhai) · S. secundiflora (Mescal Bean) · S. stenophylla (Fringe-Leaf Necklacepod) · S. tetraptera (North Island Kowhai) · S. tomentosa (Bois Chapelet) · S. tomentosa littoralis (Silverbush) · S. tomentosa littoralis var. littoralis (Silverbush) · S. tomentosa tomentosa (Silverbush) · S. tomentosa var. truncata (Yellow Necklacepod) · S. tonkinensis (Vietnamese Sophora) · S. toromiro (Toromiro)

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Further Reading

• 1997 IUCN red list of threatened plants Cambridge: IUCN, World Conservation Union, 1998 url p. 374.
• American plants. .. [Descriptions, bibliographical notes, synonymy, and other information, comp. from many sources] Charles Russell Orcutt, editor. San Diego, Calif., [1907]-1910. url p. 942.
• Native woody plants of the United States, their erosion-control and wildlife values. Washington, U. S. Govt. print. off., 1938. url p. 263.
• Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 420.
• 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. 384.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• ILDIS World Database of Legumes. Release date: May 1, 2007
• ILDIS World Database of LegumesNov 10, 2005.
• 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.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 30, 2008)

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:

• Arizona State University, International Institute for Species Exploration: Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium
• USDA PLANTS: USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3874737
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-9667
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:240750-2
• GRIN Nomen Number: 406331
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 652530
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: SOFO
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 58445

Footnotes

1. "Sophora". in Flora of Pakistan Page 23. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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