Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Davids Mountain Laurel, Shrub Pagoda Tree
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
Habit: Shrub • Climbing: Not Climbing
Flowers: Bloom Period: June. • Flower Color: blue-violet, light blue, near white, white
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 8-10' tall.
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Growth
Culture: Space 6-8' apart.
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .
Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a. (map)
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:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rosanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Fabales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Leguminosae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily:
Papilionoideae
()
- Subfamily:
Papilionoideae
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Caragana chamlago B. Mey. • Sophora moorcroftiana (Benth.)Baker • Sophora moorcroftiana var. davidii Franch. • Sophora moorcroftiana viciifolia (Hance)yakovlev • Sophora viciaefolia Hance • Sophora viciifolia Hance
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
- Inventory of seeds and plants imported / U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1914-1924. url p. 105.
- Journal of the International Garden Club. New York, International garden club. url p. 188.
Notes
Contributors
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 27, 2008:
- GBIF-Spain, Aranzadi Zientzi Elkartea
- Harvard University Herbaria, Harvard University Herbaria
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
- US National Plant Germplasm System, United States National Plant Germplasm System Collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2862126
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-4875
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 427096
Footnotes
- "Sophora". in Flora of Pakistan Page 23. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
