Sophora prostrata Buchanan

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Name scientific

Sophora prostrata Buchanan, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 16: 395 (1883 [1884])

Preferred name

Sophora prostrata Buchanan

Taxonomy reference

Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Linked name

Sophora prostrata Buchanan

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Authors

Buchanan

Original authors

Buchanan

Publication place

Buchanan, J. 1884 ("1883"): Notes on new Species of Plants. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 16: 394–396.

Year published

1883

Year on publication

1884

Publication page

395

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Sophora prostrata Buchanan

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Sophora prostrata

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Leguminosae

Genus

Sophora

Species

prostrata

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

Synonyms

Associations

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Associated organism

Association source

is host of

Ileostylus micranthus (Hook.f.) Tiegh.

CHR (3 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Korthalsella lindsayi (Oliv. ex Hook.f.) Engl.

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Physcia jackii Moberg

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

is host of

Xanthoria (Fr.) Th.Fr.

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

Descriptions

Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Sophora prostrata Buchanan

Description

Prostrate to bushy shrub up to c. 2 m. tall, with densely divaricating branches, mature branchlets brown, glab. Lvs up to 2.5 cm. long, lflt-pairs up to 8, lflts c. 4 mm. long, oblong, glab. when mature except on midrib below, veins evident. Fls solitary, paired, or three together on slender silky-hairy peduncles, orange to brownish yellow, rarely bright yellow. Calyx appressed-hairy, c. 1 cm. long; standard up to 1·5 cm. long, slightly or distinctly shorter than wings; keel c. 2 cm. long. Pods up to 3-(5) cm. long, including beak, silky-hairy when young, up to 5-seeded, very narrowly winged. Seeds dark to reddish brown, c. 7 mm. long.

Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.