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Swainsona formosa (G.Don)J.Thompson

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HIGHER TAXON: Galegeae

GENUS: Swainsona Salisb.

Swainsona formosa (G.Don)J.Thompson [Preferred name]
    Clianthus dampieri Lindl. {Synonym}
    Clianthus formosus (G.Don)Ford & Vickery {Synonym}
    Clianthus speciosus (G.Don)Asch. & Graebn. {Synonym}
    Donia speciosa G.Don {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Desert Pea [1957]; Glory Pea [1957]; Lobster Claw [1957]; Sturt's Desert Pea [1917]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
Sri Lanka (I) [1957]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [1880]; New South Wales [1880]; Northern Territory [1880]; Queensland [1880]; South Australia [1880]; Western Australia [1880]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1917, 1919, 1921, 1924, 1957] ; Illustration [1917, 1919, 1921, 1924]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb ; Lifespan: Annual, Perennial ; Source(s): 1992 (Phytochem.) Southon I & Bowes I, 1993 Polhill RM, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Environmental [1919, 1924, 1957]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1880.

  Hnatiuk, R.J., 1990
    Census Australian Vasc. Plants, Bureau Fl. & Fauna, Canberra

1917.

  Harden, G.J.(Ed.), 1991
    Flora of New South Wales,Vol 2. Kensington: New South Wales

1919.

  Hacker, J.B., 1990
    A Guide to Herbaceous and Shrub Legumes of Queensland.

1921.

  Jessop, J. & Toelken, H.R.(Eds.), 1986
    Flora of South Australia, Part 2.

1924.

  Elliot, W.R. & Jones, D.L., 1980
    Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants, Vols.1-5. (1980-1990)

1957.

  Rudd, V.E., 1991
    A Revised Handbook of the Flora of Ceylon 7: 108-381.

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