Sophora chathamica Cockayne
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Sophora chathamica Cockayne, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 34: 270, 319 (1901 [1902])
Sophora chathamica Cockayne
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Cockayne
Cockayne
1901
1902
270, 319
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Sophora chathamica Cockayne
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Sophora chathamica
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Sophora chathamica Cockayne
2n = 18
n = 9
2n = 18
n = 9 bivalents
Sophora chathamica Cockayne
Moderate to large tree up to 20 m high, with 1 main trunk or several prominent main branches; main branches spreading to upright. Divaricating and/or strongly flexuose juvenile branchlets usually absent, or very weakly flexuose; branchlets densely pubescent, becoming glabrous with age; hairs appressed, straight. Seedlings and juveniles moderately to densely leafy, leaves with increasing numbers of leaflets. Leaflets on juveniles 4.4-9.0 × 4.4-7.5 mm, ± orbicular to very broadly obovate, crowded, usually overlapping. Leaves on adults up to 15 cm long, imparipinnate, petioles and rachis channelled above, leaflets 25-55. Leaflets on adults 6.0-16.0 × 4.0-8.0 mm, broadly elliptic, broadly obovate, broadly ovate, obovate to ± orbicular, distal leaflets usually smaller than proximal leaflets, usually crowded and overlapping, adaxial surface light green to green, dull, abaxial surface lighter than adaxial surface and slightly concave; apices retuse to obtuse; bases obtuse; petiolules 0.3-0.5 mm long, distinct; petioles, rachides, petiolules, and leaflets usually pubescent, hairs up to 0.4 mm long, appressed, straight. Inflorescences racemose, with up to 11 flowers; peduncle and rachis 15-45 mm long; pedicels up to 25 mm long, each subtended by a bract; bract 2- 3 mm long; peduncles, rachides, pedicels, bracts, and calyces moderately to densely pubescent, hairs brown to yellow-brown, appressed. Calyx 8-10 × 10-13 mm, cupulate, rim shallowly lobed, with deeper notch adjacent to standard. Corolla yellow; keel petal blade 29-43 × 9-11 mm, wing petal blade 25-42 × 9-11 mm, standard petal blade 25-34 × 20-25 mm; petals with distinct claws, 4-6 mm long. Stipe 3.5-7.0 mm long, glabrous to sparsely pubescent. Ovary 17-27 mm long, densely pubescent; hairs up to 0.5 mm long, off-white to light brown, appressed, straight. Style 10-13 mm long, glabrous to sparsely pubescent. Filaments 27-35 mm long. Anthers 2.0-3.5 × 0.8-1.5 mm. Fruit 50- 180 mm long, 4-winged, brown, sparsely to moderately pubescent, with up to 12 seeds. Seeds 5.5-8.0 × 4.0-5.0 mm, oblong, elliptic to ± orbicular, yellow to light yellow-brown. FL Aug-Nov; FT Oct-Sep.
Taxonomic concepts
Sophora chathamica Cockayne
Sophora chathamica Cockayne
Sophora chathamica Cockayne
Sophora chathamica Cockayne
Sophora chathamica Cockayne
Sophora chathamica Cockayne
Sophora chathamica Cockayne
Sophora chathamica Cockayne
Sophora microphylla var. chatamica (Cockayne) Yakolev
Sophora chathamica Cockayne
Sophora microphylla subsp. microphylla var. chathamica (Cockayne) Yakovlev
Sophora chathamica Cockayne
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cc907827-1be8-4974-9075-689802c73bbc
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1 January 2000
11 March 2004