Amicia zygomeris
Amicia zygomeris, known as yoke-leaved amicia, is a woody plant in the family Fabaceae (the legumes), native to Mexico. Grown as an ornamental plant, it is said to be hardy down to -10 °C.[1][2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Amicia |
| Species: | A. zygomeris |
| Binomial name | |
| Amicia zygomeris DC.[1] | |
Etymology
Amicia was named for Jean Baptiste Amici (1786-1863), an Italian physicist.[3] Zygomeris is derived from Greek, meaning 'with twinned parts’.[3]
Description
A. zygomeris is a vigorous, erect, medium-sized shrub. Its stems, which are usually herbaceous, are hollow, downy and greenish. It has pinnate leaves that arise from leafy, inflated, purplish stipules. The leaves have four leaflets, which are obovate and notched. The flowers are borne in autumn, in short racemes arising from the axils; they are yellow with purple flecks.[4]
References
- "Amicia zygomeris", Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), retrieved 2015-07-24
- "Amicia zygomeris : yoke-leaved amicia", RHS Plants, Royal Horticultural Society, retrieved 2015-07-24
- Gledhill, David (2008), The Names of Plants, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN 9780521685535 (paperback), pp 45, 412
- Hillier Nurseries (1998), The Hillier Manual of Trees and Shrubs (Pocket Edition) (6 ed.), David & Charles, p. 44, ISBN 0-7153-0808-4
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