Oxylobium
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Oxylobium , also known as Shaggy Pea, is a genus
of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae
. The genus is native to Australia
.
Species include:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae
Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large and economically important family of flowering plants. The group is the third largest land plant family, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with 730 genera and over 19,400 species...
. The genus is native to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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Species include:
- Oxylobium aciculiferum (F. Muell.) Benth.
- Oxylobium alpestre F.Muell. syn. Podolobium alpestrePodolobium alpestrePodolobium alpestre is a shrub which is native to south-eastern Australia . The species is a member of the family Fabaceae and of the genus Podolobium. It grows up to 1.3 metres high The leaves are 10 to 40 mm long, 3 to 10 mm wide...
(F.Muell.) Crisp & P.H.Weston - Alpine Shaggy Pea - Oxylobium arborescensOxylobium arborescensOxylobium arborescens, known as the tall shaggy-pea is a shrub to small tree in the pea family, found in south-eastern Australia....
R.Br. - Tall Shaggy Pea - Oxylobium carinatum (Meissner) Benth.
- Oxylobium cordifolium Andrews
- Oxylobium ellipticumOxylobium ellipticumOxylobium ellipticum, known as the Common Shaggy-pea is a common small plant in the pea family, found in south-eastern Australia....
(Vent.) R.Br.- Common Shaggy Pea, Golden Shaggy Pea, - Oxylobium linariifolium (G.Don) Domin
- Oxylobium lineare (Benth.) Benth.
- Oxylobium microphyllum Benth.
- Oxylobium obtusifolium Sweet
- Oxylobium procumbens F.Muell.
- Oxylobium pulteneae DC.- Wiry Shaggy Pea
- Oxylobium robustum J. Thompson
- Oxylobium scandens (Sm.) Benth. - Tree Shaggy Pea
- Oxylobium spathulatum (Meissner) Benth.
- Oxylobium tricuspidatum Meissner
- Oxylobium virgatum Benth.