Chorizema ilicifolium
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Species of legume
| Chorizema ilicifolium | |
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| Chorizema ilicifolium in Waychinicup National Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Chorizema |
| Species: | C. ilicifolium
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| Binomial name | |
| Chorizema ilicifolium Labill.[1]
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Chorizema ilicifolium, commonly known as the holly flame pea,[2] is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is an upright to spreading small shrub with yellowish-orange and red pea flowers occurring from July to October. It is endemic to Western Australia where it grows on sand dunes and hills along the south-west coastline.
Taxonomy and naming
Holly flame pea was first formally described in 1800 by Jacques Labillardière and the description was published in Relation du Voyage a la Recherche de la Perouse.[3][4]The specific epithet (ilicifolium) means "holly leaved ".[5]
References
- ↑ "Chorizema ilicifolium". Australian Plant Census. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/67099.
- ↑ "Chorizema ilicifolium Labill.". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/3758.
- ↑ "Chorizema ilicifolium". Australian Plant Name Index. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/instance/apni/475272.
- ↑ Labillardière, Jacques (1800). Relation du Voyage a la Recherche de la Perouse. Paris: H.J Jansen. pp. 404-405. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1060558r/f424.item. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 222. ISBN 9780958034180.
Wikidata ☰ Q5105138 entry
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