Bossiaea brownii

Bossiaea brownii is a member of the genus Bossiaea in the pea family (Fabaceae) which is endemic to Queensland (Australia).[5][6]

Bossiaea brownii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Bossiaea
Species:
B. brownii
Binomial name
Bossiaea brownii
Occurrence data from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium[4]

Description

The leaflets are ovate with an asymmetrical base. The branchlets are terete and usually covered by a distinctive indumentum of long and short hairs. The stipules have membranous margins. The keel which is about 10 mm long, is not longer than the standard (or barely longer). The stamen tube is persistent and less than 12 mm long. The pod-stipe is 4 – 10 mm long. The bracteoles are free from each other. The petals have red or purplish markings. The calyx is not conspicuously striate. The ovary is smooth, and the pod is partitioned and 15–40 mm long.[7]

Taxonomy

The species was first described as Bossieae brownii in 1864 by George Bentham.[2][3][8] There are no synonyms.[5]

The type specimen was collected by Robert Brown on August 22, 1802 at Port Clinton, Queensland.[9]

References
  1. Queensland Government, Environment Land and Water, Plants and Animals: Species profile—Bossiaea brownii (Fabaceae)
  2. "Bossiaea brownii". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  3. Bentham, G. (1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 163 BHL
  4. The Australasian Virtual Herbarium – Bossiaea brownii occurrence data
  5. Govaerts, R. et. al. (2018) Plants of the world online: Bossiaea brownii. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  6. "Bossiaea brownii – Occurrence records". The Australasian Virtual Herbarium. Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  7. Thompson, I.R. (2012) A revision of eastern Australian Bossiaea (Fabaceae: Bossiaeeae). Muelleria 30, 106–174.
  8. Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Fabaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 268
  9. JSTOR Global Plants: BM000885941
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