Biology:Gastrolobium villosum
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Short description: Species of legume
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Gastrolobium |
| Species: | G. villosum
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| Gastrolobium villosum | |
Gastrolobium villosum (common name crinkle-leaf poison[3] or crinkle-leaved poison)[4] is a low spreading shrub in the pea family (Fabaceae), native to Western Australia.[4] Like most Gastrolobiums it is poisonous to stock.[3]
It was first described by George Bentham in 1839.[1][2] There are no synonyms.[1][5]
It is deemed to be "Not Threatened" under Western Australian conservation law.[4]
Etymology
The specific epithet, villosum, is a Latin adjective, villosus, -a, -um ("villous") and describes the plant as having "long, soft, straight (not interwoven) hairs".[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gastrolobium rigidum". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/107488.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lindley, J. (1839). A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony. pp. xiii.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Aplin, T.E.H. (1973). "Poison plants of Western Australia : the toxic species of the genus Gastrolobium and Oxylobium". Bulletin 3772 (Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia, Perth). https://researchlibrary.agric.wa.gov.au/bulletins/225/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Gastrolobium villosum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/3933.
- ↑ "Gastrolobium villosum Benth. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:495803-1.
- ↑ Stearn, W.T. (2004). Botanical Latin (4 ed.). Oregon: Timber Press. p. 528. ISBN 9780881926279.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q15479132 entry
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