Sophora villosa

• Interesting Facts
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

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]

Taxonomy

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

• A general history of the dichlamydeous plants, comprising complete descriptions of the different orders; together with the characters of the genera and species, and an enumeration of the cultivated varieties. .. the scientific names accentuated, t By George Don. London, J.G. and F. Rivington [etc.]1831-38. url p. 114.
• A general system of gardening and botany. Founded upon Miller's Gardener's dictionary, and arranged according to the natural system. By George Don. London, Printed for C. J. G. and F. Rivington, 1831-38. url p. 114.
• An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions: from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian / by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Hon. Addison Brown. New York: Scribner, 1913. url p. 345, p. 345.
• Bibliographical index to North American botany; or, Citations of authorities for all the recorded indigenous and naturalized species of the flora of North America, with a chronological arrangement of the synonymy. by Sereno Watson. Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1878. url p. 205.
• Elliott, S. A sketch of the botany of South Carolina and Georgia /by Stephen Elliott. Charleston, S.C.: J.R. Schenck, 1821-24. url p. 468.
• Flora Americae Septentrionalis: or, A systematic arrangement and description of the plants of North America. Containing, besides what have been described by preceding authors, many new and rare species, collected during twelve years by Frederick Pursh. .. London: Printed for James Black and son, 1816. url p. 307.
• Gardening. Chicago, the Gardening Co., 1892-1925. url p. 276.
• List of Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta growing without cultivation in northeastern North America. Prepared by a Committee of the Botanical Club, American Association for the Advancement of Science. New York, 1894. url p. 193.
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 15 1878 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 205.
• The genera of North American plants, and a catalogue of the species, to the year 1817. By Thomas Nuttall. .. Philadelphia:Printed for the author by D. Heartt.1818. url p. 281.
• Torrey, J. & A. Gray A flora of North America: containing abridged descriptions of all the known indigenous and naturalized plants growing north of Mexico, arranged according to the natural system /by John Torrey and Asa Gray. 1 1838-1840 New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1838-[1843]. url p. 384, p. 384.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2851767
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4045705

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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