Clianthus Sol. ex Lindl.

Details

Name scientific

Clianthus Sol. ex Lindl., Edwards's Botanical Register; or, Flower Garden and Shrubbery. London t. 1775 (1835)

Preferred name

Clianthus Sol. ex Lindl.

Taxonomy reference

Heenan, P.B. 2000: Clianthus (Fabaceae) in New Zealand: a reappraisal of Colenso's taxonomy. New Zealand Journal of Botany 38(3): 361–371.

Linked name

Clianthus

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Original authors

Lindl.

Authors

Sol. ex Lindl.

Publication place

Edwards's Botanical Register; or, Flower Garden and Shrubbery. London

Year published

1835

Publication page

t. 1775

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Clianthus Sol. ex Lindl.

Taxonomic rank

genus

Canonical form

Clianthus

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Leguminosae

Genus

Clianthus

Subordinates

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

Glory pea

Synonyms

Donia G.Don & D.Don ex G.Don

Descriptions

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

Clianthus Sol. ex Lindl.

Description

Fls large, in racemes. Calyx 5-toothed, standard acuminate, reflexed; wings shorter, keel = or > standard. Ovary stipitate, ovules ∞; style subulate, bearded. Pods terete, turgid, beaked. Seeds ∞, reniform. Softly woody shrubs with imparipinnate lvs; lflts ∞. One sp. in N.Z., one in Australia.