Clianthus Sol. ex Lindl.

Based on: Flora Committee

Classification

Class

Magnoliopsida Brongn.

Order

Fabales Bromhead

Family

Leguminosae

Subordinate Taxa

Nomenclature

Scientific Name:

Clianthus Sol. ex Lindl., Edwards's Botanical Register; or, Flower Garden and Shrubbery. London t. 1775 (1835)

Synonymy:

= Donia G.Don & D.Don ex G.Don (1832) nom. illeg.

Vernacular Name(s):

Glory pea

Description

Fls large, in racemes. Calyx 5-toothed, standard acuminate, reflexed; wings shorter, keel = or>standard. Ovary stipitate, ovules ∞; style subulate, bearded. Pods terete, turgid, beaked. Seeds ∞, reniform. Softly woody shrubs with imparipinnate lvs; lflts ∞. One sp. in N.Z., one in Australia.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

Biostatus

Indigenous (Endemic)

Number of species in New Zealand within *Clianthus* Sol. ex Lindl.
Category	Number
Indigenous (Endemic)	2
Total	2

Bibliography

Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Edwards's Botanical Register; or, Flower Garden and Shrubbery. London

Heenan, P.B. 2000: Clianthus (Fabaceae) in New Zealand: a reappraisal of Colenso's taxonomy. New Zealand Journal of Botany 38(3): 361–371.

Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.