Bossiaea bracteosa

Bossiaea bracteosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Bossiaea
Species: B. bracteosa
Binomial name
Bossiaea bracteosa
F.Muell. ex Benth.

Bossiaea bracteosa, commonly known as mountain leafless bossiaea, is a species of flowering plant in the pea family, Fabaceae.[1] It is endemic to Victoria, Australia, where it occurs in snowgum woodland. It has broad, flat leafless branches and grows to between 0.7 and 2 metres in height. Flowers appear between November and December in its native range. The seed pods are around 2.3 to 3.2 cm long and up to 1 cm wide. These are reddish-brown at maturity.[2] The species was formally described in 1864 by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller based on plant material collected in the Australian Alps.[1]

There are five recently described species that were previously included in a wider circumscription of Bossiaea bracteosa :[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Bossiaea bracteosa". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  2. 1 2 McDougall, K.L. (2009). "Four new species related to Bossiaea bracteosa F.Muell. ex Benth. in south-eastern Australia" (PDF). Telopea. 12 (3): 350–351. Retrieved 11 December 2013.

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