Gompholobium aristatum

Gompholobium aristatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 10–80 cm (3.9–31.5 in). It flowers between July and December producing yellow, pea-like flowers.[2] This species was first formally described in 1837 by George Bentham in Stephan Endlicher's Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad fluvium Cygnorum et in sinu Regis Georgii collegit Carolus Liber Baro de Hügel from specimens collected in the Swan River Colony.[3][4] The specific epithet (aristatum) means "awned", referring to the leaves.[5]

Gompholobium aristatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Gompholobium
Species:
G. aristatum
Binomial name
Gompholobium aristatum
Synonyms[1]
  • Gompholobium aristatum Benth. var. aristatum
  • Gompholobium aristatum var. glabratum Benth.
  • Gompholobium aristatum var. hispidum Benth.

Gompholobium aristatum grows on sandplains and in winter-wet depressions in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.[2]

References

  1. "Gompholobium aristatum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  2. "Gompholobium aristatum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. "Gompholobium aristatum". APNI. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  4. Bentham, George; Endlicher, Stefan F.L. (ed.); Fenzl, Eduard (ed.); Bentham, George (ed.); Schott, Heinrich W. (ed.) (1837). Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad fluvium Cygnorum et in sinu Regis Georgii collegit Carolus Liber Baro de Hüge. p. 29. Retrieved 28 July 2021. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)
  5. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 137. ISBN 9780958034180.
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