Sophora L.
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Nomenclature
L.
L.
1753
373
ICN
Sophora L.
genus
Sophora
Classification
Subordinates
- Sophora aurea
- Sophora australis
- Sophora capensis
- Sophora cassioides
- Sophora chathamica
- Sophora fulvida
- Sophora 'Gnome'
- Sophora godleyi
- Sophora howinsula
- Sophora japonica
- Sophora kentukea
- Sophora longicarinata
- Sophora microphylla
- Sophora molloyi
- Sophora oroboides
- Sophora prostrata
- Sophora tetraptera
- Sophora toromiro
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Sophora L.
Fls large, racemose or panicled; calyx oblique, teeth short; standard broad, wings < keel. Stamens 10, free. Ovary stipitate, ovules ∞; style incurved, stigma terminal. Pods moniliform, elongate, terete or 4-winged, coriac. to woody, ind. or dehiscent by valves. Seeds ± globose, testa hardened. Trees or shrubs with imparipinnate lvs. About 30 spp. of temperate and subtropical regions in both hemispheres. The N.Z. spp. are endemic.
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1 January 2000
28 January 2014