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]
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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
- "Gastrolobium rigidum". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- 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)
- "Gastrolobium rigidum (C.A.Gardner) Crisp | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- 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.
- "Gastrolobium rigidum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
- Gardner, C.A. (1964). "Contributiones Florae Australiae Occidentalis, XIII". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 47 (2): 59.
- "rigidus,-a,-um". www.plantillustrations.org. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
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