Carmichaelia vexillata Heenan
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Carmichaelia vexillata Heenan, New Zealand J. Bot. 33: 471 (1995)
Carmichaelia vexillata Heenan
Nomenclature
Heenan
Heenan
1995
471
replacement name
ICN
Carmichaelia vexillata Heenan
species
Carmichaelia vexillata
Classification
Descriptions
Carmichaelia vexillata Heenan
2n = 32
2n = 32
Carmichaelia vexillata Heenan
Dwarf, spreading shrub, up to 0.15 m × 0.4 m. Branches stout, ascending and horizontal, 10-25 mm diameter. Cladodes linear, striate, usually subterete but occasionally compressed, erect to spreading, green and green yellow, often flushed with red, glabrous or sparsely hairy when young, glabrous at maturity, (20-)40- 70(-95) × 1.5—3(—4) mm; apex obtuse, yellow or green, often red in winter; leaf nodes 2-6. Leaves simple, oblanceolate, fleshy, entire, green to greenbronze, present on seedlings and occasionally on mature plants, 4-7.5 × 2-4.5 mm; adaxial and abaxial surfaces with scattered hairs; apex emarginate to retuse; base cuneate; petiole usually glabrous, 1.5-2 mm long. Leaves on cladodes usually reduced to a scale, triangular, glabrous, < 0.5 mm long; apex acute. Stipules free, triangular to narrow-triangular, 0.5-1.1 × 0.6-1 mm; adaxial surface glabrous; abaxial surface glabrous or with a few sparse hairs, glabrous at maturity; apex acute; margin hairy. Inflorescence a raceme, 1-2 per node, each with 2-3(-5) flowers. Peduncle hairy, green, 3.5- 10.5 mm long. Bracts triangular, glabrous, pale green to tan, 0.7-1 × 0.4-0.6 mm; apex acute; margin hairy. Pedicel hairy, pale green, 6-10 mm long. Bracteoles usually absent, if present on pedicel then narrow-triangular, glabrous, 0.2-0.4 mm long; apex acute; margin hairy. Calyx campanulate, 4-5.5 × 2- 2.5 mm; inner surface glabrous, green; outer surface glabrous to sparsely hairy, green. Calyx lobes longtriangular to triangular, green, 1-2 mm long; inner surface densely hairy; apex acute; margin hairy. Standard obovate, patent and positioned in central area of keel, keeled, 8-10 × 6.5-7.5 mm; distal and central areas of adaxial surface purple, proximal area pale green, margins white, sometimes purple-veined; distal and central areas of abaxial surface white, proximal area pale green, sometimes purple-veined; apex retuse; margins recurved; claw pale green, c. 3 mm long. Wings oblong, shorter than keel, 7-8 × c. 2 mm; distal and central areas of adaxial surface purple, proximal area green; distal and central areas of abaxial surface white, proximal area pale green; auricle triangular, pale green, apex subacute, c. 1 mm long; claw pale green, c. 2 mm long. Keel (Fig. 1C) 8.5-10 × 3—4 mm; distal and central areas of adaxial surface purple, proximal area pale green; auricle triangular, pale green, c. 1.5 mm long; apex subacute; claw pale green, 3-3.5 mm long. Stamens 8.5-10 mm long; lower filaments connate for c. 2/3 length, and with outside filaments free for 2-3 mm. Pistil similar length to stamens, 8.5-10 mm long; style bearded on adaxial surface; ovary weakly falcate, glabrous; ovules 11-13. Pod oblong to longelliptic, laterally compressed, weakly falcate, dark brown or light grey, indehiscent or occasionally with one valve partially dehiscent at base, 12-17 × 3- 4 mm; beak on adaxial suture, only weakly upturned, stout, pungent, 1-2 mm long. Seeds oblongreniform, (4—)9—11(—13) per pod, yellow, yellowgreen, or olive green, with black mottling, 2-2.75 × 1.5-2.5 mm. FL Nov-Jan, FT Dec-Mar.
Suffrutex habitu, ramulis, et leguminibus
C. monroi similis, autem distinguibilis calyce glabro,
calycis lobis longioribus et acutis, et vexillo aequanti
vel longiore quam carina.
Taxonomic concepts
Carmichaelia vexillata Heenan
Carmichaelia vexillata Heenan
Carmichaelia vexillata Heenan
Carmichaelia vexillata Heenan
Carmichaelia vexillata Heenan
Carmichaelia vexillata Heenan
Carmichaelia vexillata Heenan
Carmichaelia vexillata Heenan
Carmichaelia vexillata Heenan
Carmichaelia vexillata Heenan
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Notes
taxonomic status
Species segregated from Carmichaelia monroi
Metadata
413759cf-61ff-46bb-9dec-93515294eeb8
scientific name
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1 January 2000
31 May 2004