Biology:Cullen tenax

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Short description: Species of plant

Cullen tenax
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Cullen
Species:
C. tenax
Binomial name
Cullen tenax
(Lindl.) J.W.Grimes
Synonyms

Psoralea tenax Lindl.

Cullen tenax, commonly known as emu foot, is a herbaceous, perennial shrub. Often found in forest or on heavy soils in medium to low rainfall areas in south eastern Australia.[1][2]

It was first described in 1838 as Psoralea tenax by John Lindley,[3][4] but was reassigned to the genus Cullen in 1996 by James Walter Grimes.[3][5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q20757850 entry