Bossiaea bossiaeoides

Bossiaea bossiaeoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Fabales
Family:Fabaceae
Genus:Bossiaea
Species: B. bossiaeoides
Binomial name
Bossiaea bossiaeoides
Occurrence data from the AVH
Synonyms[3]

Acacia bossiaeoides A.Cunn. ex Benth.
Bossiaea phylloclada F.Muell.

Bossiaea bossiaeoides is a glaucous shrub from 0.5 to 2 m high, in the pea family (Fabaceae), which is found in northern Australia, in the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia.[3][4] Apparently leafless, it has branches which are broadly winged.[5] It grows on sand and sandstone, on stony hillsides, creek banks and outcrops.[5] Its flowers are yellow and it flowers from April to August.[5]

The species was first described as Acacia bossiaeoides in 1842 by Allan Cunningham[1][6] from sterile material[2] and was revised to Bossiaea bossiaeoides by Court in 1971.[1][2]

The type specimen is BM 000810959, collected by Robert Brown on 16 December 1802 on the north island of the Sir Edward Pellew Group.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Bossiaea bossiaeoides". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Court, A.B.(1971) A new combination in the genus Bossiaea Vent. (Papilionaceae). Muelleria 2:139-142
  3. 1 2 Govaerts, R. et. al. (2018) Plants of the world online: Bossiaea bossiaeoides. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Bossiaea bossiaeoides – Occurrence records". The Australasian Virtual Herbarium. Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 "Bossiaea bossiaeoides". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  6. ↑ Bentham, G. in Hooker, W.J. (1842), Notes on Mimoseae, with a synopsis of species. London Journal of Botany 1: 323


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