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
- 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
(
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. 110.
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: 9385171
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15570926
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:518882-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3524163
Footnotes
- "Sophora". in Flora of Pakistan Page 23. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
