Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Fabales Bromhead
Family
Leguminosae
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Laburnum Fabr., Enum. 228 (1759)
Vernacular Name(s):
Bean tree; Laburnum
 Description

Shrubs or small trees, not armed. Lvs 3-foliolate, petiolate; stipules small. Infl. axillary or pseudoterminal, racemose, usually pendent at anthesis; bracts and bracteoles usually inconspicuous. Calyx campanulate, bilabiate; upper lip 2-toothed; lower lip shortly 3-toothed. Corolla yellow. Stamens connate into a closed tube; alternate anthers long and basifixed or short and versatile. Style incurved, glabrous; stigma terminal. Pod 2-valved, ± straight, dehiscent, slightly constricted between seeds; sutures thickened or winged; seeds estrophiolate.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Laburnum Fabr.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised1
Total1
 Bibliography
Fabricius, P.C. 1759: Enumeratio Methodica Plantarum horti medici Helmstadiensis.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.