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Order
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Chamaecytisus Link, Handbuch [Link] 2, 154 (1831)
Synonymy:
- = Diaxulon Raf.
Description
Shrubs or small trees, usually not armed, rarely spinous. Lvs 3-foliolate, petiolate; stipules inconspicuous. Fls usually yellow, rarely white or purple, in leafy axillary racemes or fascicles, or terminal heads; bracts and bracteoles caducous. Calyx tubular, bilabiate, usually > 5 mm long; upper lip shortly 2-toothed; lower lip shortly 3-toothed. Stamens connate into a closed tube; alternate anthers long and basifixed or short and versatile. Style glabrous; stigma terminal. Pod 2-valved, ± straight, explosively dehiscent, few- to many-seeded; seeds strophiolate, smooth.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Link, J.H.F.
1831: Handbuch zur Erkennung der nutzbarsten und am häufigsten vorkommenden Gewächse. Vol. 2. S.J. Joseephy, Berlin.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
