Gastrolobium rigidum

Gastrolobium rigidum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Gastrolobium
Species:
G. rigidum
Binomial name
Gastrolobium rigidum
Synonyms[3]

Oxylobium rigidum C.A.Gardner

Gastrolobium rigidum (common name rigid-leaf poison)[4] is a small bushy shrub in the pea family (Fabaceae), native to Western Australia.[5]

It was first described as Oxylobium rigidum by Charles Gardner in 1964.[1][6] It was transferred to the genus, Gastrolobium in 1987 by Michael Crisp and Peter Weston.[2]


Etymology

The specific epithet, rigidum, is a Latin adjective derived from the verb, rigidere ("to be stiff") and describes the plant as being "stiff", or "inflexible".[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Gastrolobium rigidum". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. ^ a b Crisp, M.D. & Weston, P.H. (1987). Stirton, C.H. (ed.). "Cladistics and Legume Systematics, with an analysis of the Bossiaeeae, Brongniartieae and Mirbelieae". Advances in Legume Systematics. 3: 130.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Gastrolobium rigidum (C.A.Gardner) Crisp | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  4. ^ Aplin, T.E.H. (1973). "Poison plants of Western Australia : the toxic species of the genus Gastrolobium and Oxylobium". Bulletin 3772. Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia, Perth.
  5. ^ "Gastrolobium rigidum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  6. ^ Gardner, C.A. (1964). "Contributiones Florae Australiae Occidentalis, XIII". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 47 (2): 59.
  7. ^ "rigidus,-a,-um". www.plantillustrations.org. Retrieved 29 August 2020.