Chorizema glycinifolium

Chorizema glycinifolium
In Porongurup National Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Chorizema
Species:	C. glycinifolium
Binomial name
Chorizema glycinifolium (Sm.) Druce [1]
Synonyms [1]
Chorisema capillipesTurcz. orth. var. Chorizema angustifoliumBenth. nom. illeg. Chorizema capillipesTurcz. Chorizema glycinifolium(Sm.) Domin nom. illeg. Chorozema angustifoliumBenth. orth. var. Dillwynia glycinifoliaSm.

Chorizema glycinifolium is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender, erect or sprawling shrub with variably-shaped leaves and orange, pink or red flowers with yellowish markings.

Description

Chorizema glycinifolium is a slender, erect or sprawling shrub with branches up to 80 cm (31 in) long. The leaves are variably shaped, mostly 15–75 mm (0.59–2.95 in) long and 1–15 mm (0.039–0.591 in) wide - those near the base of the plant short and broad, and those nearer the ends of the branches long and narrow. The flowers are 10–12 mm (0.39–0.47 in) wide and orange, pink or red with yellowish markings. ^{[2] [3]}

Taxonomy

This species of pea was first formally described in 1808 by James Edward Smith, who gave it the name Dillwynia glycinifolia in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London from specimens collected by Archibald Menzies near King George's Sound. ^{[4] [5]} In 1917, George Claridge Druce transferred the species to Chorizema as C. glycinifolia. ^[6] The specific epithet (glycinifolium) means " Glycine -leaved". ^[7]

Distribution and habitat

Chorizema glycinifolium grows in sandy or gravelly soil in kwongan or in swampy places on plains and coastal areas in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren bioregions of south-western Western Australia. ^[2] The species is listed as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. ^[2]

References

1. "Chorizema glycinifolium". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
2. "Chorizema glycinifolium". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
3. Corrick, Margaret; Fuhrer, Bruce A. (2009). Wildflowers of southern Western Australia. Dural: Rosenburg Publishing. p. 59. ISBN   9781877058844.
4. "Dillwynia glycinifolia". APNI. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
5. Smith, James E. (1808). "Specific characters of the decandrous papilionaceous plants of New Holland". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 9: 264–265. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
6. "Chorizema glycinifolia". APNI. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
7. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 209. ISBN   9780958034180.