Swainsona

Taxobox
name = "Swainsona"

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Swainsona formosa"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Fabales
familia = Fabaceae
subfamilia = Faboideae
tribus = Galegeae
genus = "Swainsona"
genus_authority = Salisb.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Swainsona" is a large genus of flowering plants native to Australia and part of the family Fabaceae (legumes). The genus is named after English botanist Isaac Swainson. The most closely related genera are the New Zealand genera of "Montigena" (scree pea), "Clianthus" (kakabeak), and "Carmichaelia" (New Zealand broom).cite journal |last=Wagstaff |first=Steven J. |authorlink= |coauthors=Peter B. Heenan and Michael J. Sanderson |year=1999 |month= |title=Classification, origins, and patterns of diversification in New Zealand "Carmichaelia" (Fabaceae) |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=86 |issue=9 |pages=1346–1356 |issn= |url=http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/reprint/86/9/1346 |accessdate=2008-07-26 |quote= ]

;Selected species
*"Swainsona acuticarinata" (A.T.Lee) Joy Thomps.
*"Swainsona adenophylla" J.M.Black
*"Swainsona affinis" (A.T.Lee) Joy Thomps.
*"Swainsona beasleyana" F.Muell.
*"Swainsona behriana" F.Muell. ex J.M.Black
*"Swainsona brachycarpa" Benth.
*"Swainsona bracteata" (Maiden & Betche) Joy Thomps.
*"Swainsona burkei" F.Muell. ex Benth.
*"Swainsona burkittii" F.Muell. ex Benth.
*"Swainsona cadellii" F.Muell. ex C.Moore & Betche
*"Swainsona calcicola" Joy Thomps.
*"Swainsona campestris" J.M.Black
*"Swainsona campylantha" F.Muell.
*"Swainsona canescens" (Benth.) F.Muell.
*"Swainsona colutoides" F.Muell.
*"Swainsona complanata" Joy Thomps.
*"Swainsona concinna" F.M.Bailey
*"Swainsona cornuta" Joy Thomps.
*"Swainsona coronillifolia" Salisb.
*"Swainsona cyclocarpa" F.Muell.
*"Swainsona decurrens" A.T.Lee
*"Swainsona dictyocarpa" J.M.Black
*"Swainsona disjuncta" Joy Thomps.
*"Swainsona ecallosa" Sprague
*"Swainsona elegans" A.T.Lee
*"Swainsona elegantoides" (A.T.Lee) Joy Thomps.
*"Swainsona eremaea" Joy Thomps.
*"Swainsona extrajacens" Joy Thomps.
*"Swainsona fissimontana" J.M.Black
*"Swainsona flavicarinata" J.M.Black
*"Swainsona formosa" (G. Don) Joy Thomps. - Sturt's desert pea
*"Swainsona forrestii" F.Muell. ex A.T.Lee
*"Swainsona fragilis" F.M.Bailey
*"Swainsona fraseri" Benth.
*"Swainsona fuscoviridis" Joy Thomps.
*"Swainsona galegifolia" (Andrews) R.Br.
*"Swainsona gracilis" Benth.
*"Swainsona greyana" Lindl.
*"Swainsona halophila" Joy Thomps.
*"Swainsona incei" W.R.Price
*"Swainsona kingii" F.Muell.

References

*APNI | name = Swainsona Salisb.| id = 20745