Daviesia buxifolia
| Box-leaf bitter-pea | |
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| Daviesia buxifolia in the Mount Imlay National Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Daviesia |
| Species: | D. buxifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Daviesia buxifolia Benth.[1] | |
Daviesia buxifolia, commonly known as box-leaf bitter-pea,endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is an open shrub with egg-shaped to round phyllodes and yellow or yellowish-orange and maroon-brown flowers.
Description
Daviesia buxifolia is an open,
Taxonomy
Daviesia buxifolia was first formally described in 1864 by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis.[5][6] The specific epithet (buxifolia) means "box-tree-leaved".[7]
Distribution and habitat
Box-leaf bitter-pea grows in poor or clay soils in forest, usually in mountainous terrain, south from the Tuross River in far south-eastern New South Wales to eastern Victoria.[2][3][4]
References
- ^ "Daviesia buxifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ a b c "Daviesia buxifolia". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ .
- ^ a b "Daviesia buxifolia". Flora of Victoria. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "Daviesia buxifolia". APNI. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1864). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 2. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 75. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ISBN 9780958034180.