Swainsona
Swainsona | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Tribe: | Galegeae |
Subtribe: | |
Genus: | Swainsona Salisb. |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
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Swainsona is a large genus of flowering plants native to Australasia. There are 85 species, all but one of which is endemic to Australia.
A member of the family Fabaceae (legumes), it is most closely related to the New Zealand genera Montigena (scree pea), Clianthus (kakabeak), and Carmichaelia (New Zealand broom).[1]
Swainsona is named after English botanist Isaac Swainson.
A few species are known to produce swainsonine, a phytotoxin harmful to livestock (see Locoweed). In Australia, animals intoxicated with swainsonine are said to be pea struck.[2]
- Selected species
- (A.T.Lee) Joy Thomps.
- J.M.Black
- (A.T.Lee) Joy Thomps.
- F.Muell.
- Swainsona behriana F.Muell. ex J.M.Black
- Benth.
- (Maiden & Betche) Joy Thomps.
- F.Muell. ex Benth.
- F.Muell. ex Benth.
- F.Muell. ex C.Moore & Betche
- Joy Thomps.
- J.M.Black
- F.Muell.
- (Benth.) F.Muell.
- F.Muell.
- Joy Thomps.
- F.M.Bailey
- Joy Thomps.
- Salisb.
- F.Muell.
- A.T.Lee
- J.M.Black
- Joy Thomps.
- Sprague
- A.T.Lee
- (A.T.Lee) Joy Thomps.
- Joy Thomps.
- Joy Thomps.
- J.M.Black
- J.M.Black
- Swainsona formosa (G. Don) Joy Thomps. – Sturt's Desert Pea
- F.Muell. ex A.T.Lee
- F.M.Bailey
- Benth.
- Joy Thomps.
- Swainsona galegifolia (Andrews) R.Br.
- Benth.
- Swainsona greyana Lindl.
- Joy Thomps.
- W.R.Price
- F.Muell.
- Swainsona lessertiifolia DC.
- Swainsona monticola A.Cunn. ex Benth.
- Swainsona procumbens (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
- Swainsona sejuncta Joy Thomps.
References[]
- ^ Wagstaff, Steven J.; Peter B. Heenan; Michael J. Sanderson (1999). "Classification, origins, and patterns of diversification in New Zealand Carmichaelia (Fabaceae)". American Journal of Botany. American Journal of Botany, Vol. 86, No. 9. 86 (9): 1346–1356. doi:10.2307/2656781. JSTOR 2656781. PMID 10487821. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
- ^ "THE DARLING PEA". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 14 May 1897. p. 5. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
- "Swainsona Salisb". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
Categories:
- Swainsona
- Flora of Australasia
- Fabaceae genera