Swainsona
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Swainsona is a large genus of flowering plants native to Australia and part of the family Fabaceae (legumes). The genus is named after English botanist Isaac Swainson. The most closely related genera are the New Zealand genera of Montigena (scree pea), Clianthus (kakabeak), and Carmichaelia (New Zealand broom).[1]
- Selected species
- Swainsona acuticarinata (A.T.Lee) Joy Thomps.
- Swainsona adenophylla J.M.Black
- Swainsona affinis (A.T.Lee) Joy Thomps.
- Swainsona beasleyana F.Muell.
- Swainsona behriana F.Muell. ex J.M.Black
- Swainsona brachycarpa Benth.
- Swainsona bracteata (Maiden & Betche) Joy Thomps.
- Swainsona burkei F.Muell. ex Benth.
- Swainsona burkittii F.Muell. ex Benth.
- Swainsona cadellii F.Muell. ex C.Moore & Betche
- Swainsona calcicola Joy Thomps.
- Swainsona campestris J.M.Black
- Swainsona campylantha F.Muell.
- Swainsona canescens (Benth.) F.Muell.
- Swainsona colutoides F.Muell.
- Swainsona complanata Joy Thomps.
- Swainsona concinna F.M.Bailey
- Swainsona cornuta Joy Thomps.
- Swainsona coronillifolia Salisb.
- Swainsona cyclocarpa F.Muell.
- Swainsona decurrens A.T.Lee
- Swainsona dictyocarpa J.M.Black
- Swainsona disjuncta Joy Thomps.
- Swainsona ecallosa Sprague
- Swainsona elegans A.T.Lee
- Swainsona elegantoides (A.T.Lee) Joy Thomps.
- Swainsona eremaea Joy Thomps.
- Swainsona extrajacens Joy Thomps.
- Swainsona fissimontana J.M.Black
- Swainsona flavicarinata J.M.Black
- Swainsona formosa (G. Don) Joy Thomps. - Sturt's desert pea
- Swainsona forrestii F.Muell. ex A.T.Lee
- Swainsona fragilis F.M.Bailey
- Swainsona fraseri Benth.
- Swainsona fuscoviridis Joy Thomps.
- Swainsona galegifolia (Andrews) R.Br.
- Swainsona gracilis Benth.
- Swainsona greyana Lindl.
- Swainsona halophila Joy Thomps.
- Swainsona incei W.R.Price
- Swainsona kingii F.Muell.
References
- ^ Wagstaff, Steven J. (1999). "Classification, origins, and patterns of diversification in New Zealand Carmichaelia (Fabaceae)". American Journal of Botany. 86 (9): 1346–1356. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
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- "Swainsona Salisb". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.