Bossiaea

Bossiaea rhombifolia, copyright John Tann.

Belongs within: Mirbelieae.

Bossiaea is an Australian genus of leguminous shrubs with stems modified into terete or flattened cladodes and bearing flowers with stamens fused into a sheath split on the upper side. Petals are most commonly orange to yellow, often with dark red to purplish brown markings.

<==Bossiaea
    |--B. aquifolium M06
    |    |--B. a. ssp. aquifolium M06
    |    `--B. a. ssp. laidlawiana M06
    |--B. armitii M87
    |--B. barrettiorum LK14
    |--B. bossiaeoides B12
    |--B. buxifolia C08
    |--B. carinalis B00
    |--B. cordigera CP13
    |--B. ensata H87
    |--B. eriocarpa RL05
    |--B. foliosa M87
    |--B. heterophylla G75
    |--B. kiamensis M87
    |--B. linophylla RL05
    |--B. microphylla C08
    |--B. ornata RL05
    |--B. praetermissa GK00
    |--B. preissii G04
    |--B. rhombifolia MB08
    |    |--B. r. var. rhombifolia MB08
    |    `--B. r. var. concolor Maiden & Betche 1908 MB08
    |--B. rufa GK00
    |--B. scortechinii C08
    `--B. stephensonii von Mueller 1887 M87

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B00] Braby, M. F. 2000. Butterflies of Australia: their identification, biology and distribution vol. 2. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood (Victoria).

[B12] Braby, M. F. 2012. The butterflies of El Questro Wilderness Park, with remarks on the taxonomy of the Kimberley fauna, Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 27 (2): 161–175.

[C08] Cambage, R. H. 1908. Notes on the native flora of New South Wales. Part VI. Deepwater to Torrington and Emmaville. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 33 (1): 45–65, pls 1–2.

[CP13] Cardoso, D., R. T. Pennington, L. P. de Queiroz, J. S. Boatwright, B.-E. Van Wyk, M. F. Wojciechowski & M. Lavin. 2013. Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes. South African Journal of Botany 89: 58–75.

[G04] Gibson, N. 2004. Flora and vegetation of the Eastern Goldfields Ranges: part 7. Middle and South Ironcap, Digger Rock and Hatter Hill. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 87 (2): 49–62.

[GK00] Gibson, N., & G. J. Keighery. 2000. Flora and vegetation of the Byenup-Muir reserve system, south-west Western Australia. CALMScience 3 (3): 323–402.

[G75] Gross, G. F. 1975. Plant-feeding and Other Bugs (Hemiptera) of South Australia. Heteroptera—Part I. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia.

[H87] Haviland, E. 1887. Flowering seasons of Australian plants. No. II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 1 (4): 1103–1104.

[LK14] Lyons, M. N., G. J. Keighery, L. A. Gibson & T. Handasyde. 2014. Flora and vegetation communities of selected islands off the Kimberley coast of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 81: 205–244.

[MB08] Maiden, J. H., & E. Betche. 1908. Notes from the Botanic Gardens, Sydney. No. 13. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 33: 304–319.

[M06] McCaw, W. L. 2006. Asplenium aethiopicum recolonises karri forest following timber harvesting and burning. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 89 (3): 119–122.

[M87] Mueller, F. von. 1887. Some hitherto undescribed plants of New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 1 (4): 1105–1110.

[RL05] Rafferty, C., & B. B. Lamont. 2005. Selective feeding by macropods on vegetation regenerating following fire. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 88 (4): 155–165.

Last updated: 31 October 2020.