Chorizema
| Chorizema | |
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| Chorizema cordatum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Clade: | Mirbelioids |
| Genus: | Chorizema Labill.[1]
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| Type species | |
| Chorizema ilicifolium Labill.[2]
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| Species | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Chorizema, commonly known as flame peas,
Description
Plants in the genus Chorizema are mostly shrubs or subshrubs, sometimes climbers, usually with
Taxonomy
The genus Chorizema was first formally described in 1800 by Jacques Labillardière in his Relation du Voyage à la Recherche de la Pérouse, and the first species he described (the type species) was Chorizema ilicifolium.[6][7] The genus name (Chorizema) means "divided thread", Labillardière having noted that the stamens are separate from each other.[8]
Distribution
Flame peas are endemic to the south-west of Western Australia, apart from C. parviflorum that occurs in New South Wales and Queensland.[3][9]
Use in horticulture
This genus of peas is valued in cultivation for their colourful flowers. Most species do not tolerate frost, and in
Species list
The following species and subspecies are accepted by the Australian Plant Census as of June 2020:[1]
- C.A.Gardner
- Chorizema aciculare (DC.) C.A.Gardner subsp. aciculare
- Chorizema aciculare subsp. laxum J.M.Taylor & Crisp
- Chorizema carinatum (Meisn.) J.M.Taylor & Crisp
- Chorizema circinale J.M.Taylor & Crisp
- Lindl.
- Turcz.
- Chorizema dicksonii Graham
- A.DC.
- Meisn.) C.A.Gardner
- Sm.) Druce
- Chorizema humile Turcz.
- Labill.
- Chorizema nanum (Andrews) Sims
- Chorizema nervosum T.Moore
- Chorizema obtusifolium (Sweet) J.M.Taylor & Crisp
- Benth.
- Chorizema racemosum (Meisn.) J.M.Taylor & Crisp
- Chorizema reticulatum Meisn.
- Chorizema retrorsum J.M.Taylor & Crisp
- R.Br.
- Chorizema rhynchotropis Meisn.
- Chorizema spathulatum (Meisn.) J.M.Taylor & Crisp
- Chorizema trigonum Turcz.
- Chorizema ulotropis J.M.Taylor & Crisp
- C.R.P.Andrews
- Chorizema varium Paxton
Hybrids
The following hybrids have been described:[11]
- Chorizema ×lowii Hort. ex Rev.
References
- ^ a b c "Chorizema". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ "Chorizema Labill". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ ISBN 9781877058844.
- ^ Wiecek, Barbara. "Genus Chorizema". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Chorizema". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ Jacques, Labillardière (1800). Relation du Voyage a la Recherche de la Perouse. Vol. 1. Paris. p. 21. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ISBN 9780958034180.
- ^ "Chorizema parviflorum". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ISBN 978-1405332965.
- ^ "The Plant List entry for Chorizema". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
External links
Media related to Chorizema at Wikimedia Commons- Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
- Chorizema at Tropicos
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