Gastrolobium rigidum

Gastrolobium rigidum (common name rigid-leaf poison)[4] is a small bushy shrub in the pea family (Fabaceae), native to Western Australia.[5]

Gastrolobium rigidum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Gastrolobium
Species:
G. rigidum
Binomial name
Gastrolobium rigidum
Synonyms[3]

Oxylobium rigidum C.A.Gardner

It was first described as Oxylobium rigidum by Charles Gardner in 1964.[1][6] It was transferred to the genus, Gastrolobium in 1987 by Michael Crisp and Peter Weston.[2]


Etymology

The specific epithet, rigidum, is a Latin adjective derived from the verb, rigidere ("to be stiff") and describes the plant as being "stiff", or "inflexible".[7]

References
  1. "Gastrolobium rigidum". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. Crisp, M.D. & Weston, P.H. (1987). Stirton, C.H. (ed.). "Cladistics and Legume Systematics, with an analysis of the Bossiaeeae, Brongniartieae and Mirbelieae". Advances in Legume Systematics. 3: 130.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. "Gastrolobium rigidum (C.A.Gardner) Crisp | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  4. Aplin, T.E.H. (1973). "Poison plants of Western Australia : the toxic species of the genus Gastrolobium and Oxylobium". Bulletin 3772. Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia, Perth.
  5. "Gastrolobium rigidum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  6. Gardner, C.A. (1964). "Contributiones Florae Australiae Occidentalis, XIII". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 47 (2): 59.
  7. "rigidus,-a,-um". www.plantillustrations.org. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
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