Sphaerolobium fornicatum

Sphaerolobium fornicatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Sphaerolobium
Species:	S. fornicatum
Binomial name
	Sphaerolobium fornicatum; Benth.[1]

Sphaerolobium fornicatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the far south-west of Western Australia. It is a leafless shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.1–1 m (3.9 in – 3 ft 3.4 in) and has yellow or orange and red flowers from October to January.[2][3]

It 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 near King George Sound.[4][5] The specific epithet (fornicatum) means "arched", referring to the curved keel.[6]

Sphaerolobium fornicatum occurs in the Jarrah Forest and Warren bioregions of far south-western Western Australia and is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[2]

References

"Sphaerolobium fornicatum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
"Sphaerolobium fornicatum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1864). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 2. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 66. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
"Sphaerolobium fornicatum". APNI. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
Bentham, George (1837). Endlicher, Stefan F.L.; Fenzl, Eduard; Bentham, George; Schott, Heinrich W. (eds.). Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad fluvium Cygnorum et in sinu Regis Georgii collegit Carolus Liber Baro de Hüge. p. 32. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 201. ISBN 9780958034180.

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[APC-1] "Sphaerolobium fornicatum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 21 June 2022.

[FloraBase-2] "Sphaerolobium fornicatum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.

[FA-3] Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1864). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 2. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 66. Retrieved 21 June 2022.

[APNI-4] "Sphaerolobium fornicatum". APNI. Retrieved 6 June 2022.

[Benth.-5] Bentham, George (1837). Endlicher, Stefan F.L.; Fenzl, Eduard; Bentham, George; Schott, Heinrich W. (eds.). Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad fluvium Cygnorum et in sinu Regis Georgii collegit Carolus Liber Baro de Hüge. p. 32. Retrieved 21 June 2022.

[Sharr-6] Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 201. ISBN 9780958034180.