Chorizema ilicifolium

Short description: Species of legume

Chorizema ilicifolium

Chorizema ilicifolium in Waychinicup National Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Fabales
Family:  | Fabaceae
Subfamily:  | Faboideae
Genus:  | Chorizema
Species:  |

C. ilicifolium

Binomial name
Chorizema ilicifolium

Labill.[1]

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

1. ↑ "Chorizema ilicifolium". Australian Plant Census. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/67099.
2. ↑ "Chorizema ilicifolium Labill.". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/3758.
3. ↑ "Chorizema ilicifolium". Australian Plant Name Index. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/instance/apni/475272.
4. ↑ 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.
5. ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 222. ISBN 9780958034180.

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