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| Swainsona villosa | |
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| Subtribe: | Astragalinae |
| Genus: | Swainsona |
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Swainsona is a large genus of flowering plants native to Australasia. There are 85 species, all but one of which is endemic to Australia.
A member of the family Fabaceae (legumes), it is most closely related to the New Zealand genera Montigena (scree pea), Clianthus (kakabeak), and Carmichaelia (New Zealand broom).[1]
Swainsona is named after English botanist Isaac Swainson.
A few species are known to produce swainsonine, a phytotoxin harmful to livestock (see Locoweed). In Australia, animals intoxicated with swainsonine are said to be pea struck.[2]
- Selected species
- Swainsona acuticarinata (A.T.Lee) Joy Thomps.
- Swainsona adenophylla J.M.Black
- Swainsona affinis (A.T.Lee) Joy Thomps.
- Swainsona beasleyana F.Muell.
- Swainsona behriana F.Muell. ex J.M.Black
- Swainsona brachycarpa Benth.
- Swainsona bracteata (Maiden & Betche) Joy Thomps.
- Swainsona burkei F.Muell. ex Benth.
- Swainsona burkittii F.Muell. ex Benth.
- Swainsona cadellii F.Muell. ex C.Moore & Betche
- Swainsona calcicola Joy Thomps.
- Swainsona campestris J.M.Black
- Swainsona campylantha F.Muell.
- Swainsona canescens (Benth.) F.Muell.
- Swainsona colutoides F.Muell.
- Swainsona complanata Joy Thomps.
- Swainsona concinna F.M.Bailey
- Swainsona cornuta Joy Thomps.
- Swainsona coronillifolia Salisb.
- Swainsona cyclocarpa F.Muell.
- Swainsona decurrens A.T.Lee
- Swainsona dictyocarpa J.M.Black
- Swainsona disjuncta Joy Thomps.
- Swainsona ecallosa Sprague
- Swainsona elegans A.T.Lee
- Swainsona elegantoides (A.T.Lee) Joy Thomps.
- Swainsona eremaea Joy Thomps.
- Swainsona extrajacens Joy Thomps.
- Swainsona fissimontana J.M.Black
- Swainsona flavicarinata J.M.Black
- Swainsona formosa (G. Don) Joy Thomps. – Sturt's Desert Pea
- Swainsona forrestii F.Muell. ex A.T.Lee
- Swainsona fragilis F.M.Bailey
- Swainsona fraseri Benth.
- Swainsona fuscoviridis Joy Thomps.
- Swainsona galegifolia (Andrews) R.Br.
- Swainsona gracilis Benth.
- Swainsona greyana Lindl.
- Swainsona halophila Joy Thomps.
- Swainsona incei W.R.Price
- Swainsona kingii F.Muell.
- Swainsona lessertiifolia DC.
- Swainsona procumbens (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
- Swainsona sejuncta Joy Thomps.
References
- ^ Wagstaff, Steven J.; Peter B. Heenan; Michael J. Sanderson (1999). "Classification, origins, and patterns of diversification in New Zealand Carmichaelia (Fabaceae)". American Journal of Botany. American Journal of Botany, Vol. 86, No. 9. 86 (9): 1346–1356. doi:10.2307/2656781. JSTOR 2656781. PMID 10487821. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
- ^ "THE DARLING PEA". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 14 May 1897. p. 5. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
- "Swainsona Salisb". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.