Biology:Paraserianthes lophantha
Paraserianthes lophantha | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
Genus: | Paraserianthes |
Species: | P. lophantha
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Binomial name | |
Paraserianthes lophantha | |
Synonyms | |
Albizia lophantha |
Paraserianthes lophantha (syn. Albizia lophantha), the Cape Leeuwin wattle, Bicol wattle, Cape wattle, crested wattle or plume albizia, is a fast-growing tree with creamy-yellow, bottlebrush like flowers.[3] It is a small tree (uppermost height approximately 5 metres) that occurs naturally along the southwest coast of Western Australia, from Fremantle to King George Sound.[4] It was first spread beyond southwest Australia by Baron Ferdinand von Mueller, who gave packets of P. lophantha seeds to early explorers under the assumption that if they planted the seeds at their campsites, the trees would indicate the routes they travelled.[5]
It is considered a weed in the parts of Australia where it is not indigenous,[6] as well as in New Zealand, South Africa , the Canary Islands, the Philippines and Chile .[7]
Taxonomy
It was first described in 1806 as Acacia lophantha by Willdenow, but was transferred to the genus Paraserianthes by Nielsen, Guinet and Baretta-Kuipers in 1983.[1][2]
See also
- Invasive species in Australia
- Invasive plants of Australian origin
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Paraserianthes lophantha". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 , pp. 326, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13958676, Wikidata Q101031463
- ↑ The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3.
- ↑ "Paraserianthes lophantha (synonym Albizia lophantha)". 2003-12-16. http://www.anbg.gov.au/gnp/gnp9/paraserianthes-lophantha.html. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
- ↑ "Weeds Australia - Weed Identification - Cape Leeuwin wattle". http://www.weeds.org.au/cgi-bin/weedident.cgi?tpl=plant.tpl&ibra=all&card=E10#.
- ↑ "Weed of the month archive". Angair Inc.. http://www.angair.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=35&Itemid=29. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
- ↑ "Paraserianthes lophantha (Willd.) I.C.Nielsen" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/2943719.
Further reading
- Randall, Roderick Peter (2002). A Global Compendium of Weeds. Melbourne: R. G. & F. J. Richardson. ISBN 978-0-9587439-8-3.
- Blood, Kate (2001). Environmental Weeds: A Field Guide for SE Australia. Mount Waverley, Victoria: C. H. Jerram & Associates. ISBN 978-0-9579086-0-4.
Wikidata ☰ Q7135903 entry