Syrmatium sericeum

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

Overview

Vulnerable

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Family Fabaceae

The Fabaceae are herbs, vines , shrubs , trees , and lianas found in both temperate and tropical areas. They comprise one of the largest families of flowering plants , numbering 630 genera and 18,000 species. The leaves are stipulate , nearly always alternate, and range from bipinnately or palmately compound to simple . The petiole base is commonly enlarged into a pulvinus that commonly functions in orientation of the leaves (sometimes very responsively, as in the sensitive plant, Mimosa pudica). The flowers are usually bisexual , actinomorphic to zygomorphic, slightly to strongly perigynous, and commonly in racemes , spikes, or heads . The perianth commonly consists of a calyx and corolla of 5 segments each. The androecium consists of commonly 1- many stamens (most commonly 10), distinct or variously united , sometimes some of them reduced to staminodes. The pistil is simple, often stipitate , comprising a single style and stigma, and a superior ovary with one locule containing 2-many marginal ovules. The fruit is usually a legume, sometimes a samara, loment, follicle, indehiscent pod, achene, drupe, or berry. The seeds often have a hard coat with hourglass-shaped cells , and sometimes bear a u-shaped line called a pleurogram. [Carr]

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Hosackia procumbens Greene • Hosackia sericea Benth. • Hosackia sericea jepsonii (Ottley)abrams • Lotus leucophyllus Greene • Lotus leucophyllus var. jepsonii Ottley • Lotus procumbens (Greene)greene • Lotus procumbens var. jepsonii (Ottley)ottley • Syrmatium procumbens (Greene)greene

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

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

Last scrutiny: Mar-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Syrmatium

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

S. argophyllum (Fremont's Birsfoot Trefoil) · S. decumbens (Davidson Trefoil) · S. glabrum (California Broom) · S. junceum (Biolett's Rush Broom) · S. nudatum (Short-Winged Deer Weed) · S. sericeum (Jepson's California Broom) · S. tomentosum (Heermann's Bird's-Foot Trefoil) · S. veatchii (San Miguel Island Deerweed)

More Info

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Further Reading

• A flora of California, by Willis Linn Jepson. San Francisco, Calif., Cunningham, Curtis & Welch, 1909- url p. 325.
• A phytogeographic and taxonomic study of the southern California trees and shrubs. New York, 1910 url p. 393.
• An illustrated flora of the Pacific States: Washington, Oregon, and California. Stanford University, Stanford University Press, 1923-[60] url p. 552.
• University of California publications in botany. Berkeley, Calif., University of California Press, 1902-2001. url p. 193, p. 227.

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.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 6, 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 25, 2006. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• ILDIS World Database of Legumes. Release date: May 1, 2007
• ILDIS World Database of Legumes
• 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.
• Sokoloff DD, 2001-03 (from ILDIS).
• USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:

• Berkeley Natural History Museums: University and Jepson Herbaria DiGIR provider
• Missouri Botanical Garden
• USDA PLANTS: USDA PLANTS Database
• Utah State University: USU-UTC Specimen Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2852868
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-8893
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1034844-2
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 528933
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB2A111
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: LOPRJ
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 430762

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