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Gompholobium burtonioides

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Gompholobium burtonioides
In the Stirling Range National Park
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. burtonioides
Binomial name
Gompholobium burtonioides
Synonyms[1]
  • Gompholobium burtonioides Meisn. var. burtonioides
  • Gompholobium burtonioides var. subacerosum Meisn.
  • Gompholobium burtonioides var. subspathulatum Meisn.

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 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

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  1. ^ a b "Gompholobium burtonioides". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Gompholobium burtonioides". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ^ "Gompholobium burtonioides". APNI. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  4. ^ Meissner, Carl; Lehmann, Johann G.C. (1844). Plantae Preissianae. Vol. 1. Hamburg. pp. 37–38. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  5. ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 153. ISBN 9780958034180.
  6. ^ "Burtonia". APNI. Retrieved 31 July 2021.