Gompholobium burtonioides is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It an ascending shrub that typically grows to a height of 15–45 cm (5.9–17.7 in) and flowers from September to December producing yellow, pea-like flowers.[2] This species was first formally described in 1844 by Carl Meissner in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae.[3][4] The specific epithet (burtonioides) means "Burtonia-like".[5] (Burtonia is an earlier name for Gompholobium.)[6]
Gompholobium burtonioides | |
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In the Stirling Range National Park | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Gompholobium |
Species: | G. burtonioides
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Binomial name | |
Gompholobium burtonioides | |
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Gompholobium burtonioides grows in swampy areas and on slopes in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Mallee biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Gompholobium burtonioides". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Gompholobium burtonioides". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Gompholobium burtonioides". APNI. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ Meissner, Carl; Lehmann, Johann G.C. (1844). Plantae Preissianae. Vol. 1. Hamburg. pp. 37–38. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 153. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ^ "Burtonia". APNI. Retrieved 31 July 2021.