- Gastrolobium praemorsum
Taxobox
name = "Gastrolobium praemorsum"
image_width = 270px
image_caption = "Gastrolobium praemorsum" 'BronzeButterfly'
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo =Fabales
familia =Fabaceae
subfamilia =Faboideae
tribus =Mirbelieae
genus = "Gastrolobium "
species = "G. praemorsum"
binomial = "Gastrolobium praemorsum"
binomial_authority = (Meisn. )G.Chandler &Crisp
synonyms=
*"Brachysema praemorsum" Meisn."Gastrolobium praemorsum" is a scrambling
shrub which is endemic to the south-west ofWestern Australia . It is a member of the familyFabaceae and produces red pea-flowers from late winter to early summer (August to December in Australia). It is not known whether this species shares the toxic properties of many other members of the genus"Gastrolobium ".Taxonomy
The species was first formally described by botanist
Carl Meissner and published in "Plantae Preissianae" in 1844. Meissner assigned it the name "Brachysema praemorsa". In 2002 botanists Gregory Chandler and Michael Crisp reassigned this species to the genus "Gastrolobium" along with other "Brachysema " species.Distribution
It is found between
Geographe Bay and Albany. An isolated population at Bullsbrook north of Perth is its northernmost occurrence.References
*cite journal |author=Chandler, G. T., M.D. Crisp, L.W. Cayzer, and R.J. Bayer. |year=2002 |month= |title=Monograph of Gastrolobium (Fabaceae: Mirbelieae). |journal=
Australian Systematic Botany |volume=15 |issue= |pages=619–739 |id= |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/publications/bayer-publications/71.Aust.Syst.Bot.15_619-739.pdf |accessdate= |quote=|doi=10.1071/SB01010
*
*APNI | name = Gastrolobium praemorsum| id = 224805
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