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Swainsona galegifolia (Andrews)R.Br.

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HIGHER TAXON: Galegeae

GENUS: Swainsona Salisb.

Swainsona galegifolia (Andrews)R.Br. [Preferred name]
    Colutea galegifolia (Andrews)Sims {Synonym}
    Swainsona albiflora (Lindl.)G.Don {Synonym}
    Swainsona coronillaefolia Salisb. {Orthographic variant}
    Swainsona coronillifolia Salisb. {Synonym}
    Swainsona coronillifolia var. albiflora (Lindl.)Maiden & Betche {Synonym}
    Swainsona coronillifolia var. galegifolia (Andrews)Maiden & Betche {Synonym}
    Swainsona galegifolia var. albiflora Lindl. {Synonym}
    Vicia galegifolia Andrews {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Darling River Pea [1957, 1983]; Small-Leaved Bladder Senna [1957, 1983]; Smooth Darling Pea [1917, 1957]; Swan Flower [1957, 1983]; Winter Sweet Pea [1957, 1983]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
Sri Lanka (I) [1957]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [1880]; New South Wales [1880]; Queensland [1880]; Victoria [1880]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1917, 1919, 1957] ; Distribution Map [1951] ; Illustration [1917, 1919]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb, Shrub [3581] ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1992 (Phytochem.) Southon I & Bowes I, 1993 Polhill RM, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Environmental [1957]; Forage [1919]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1880.

  Hnatiuk, R.J., 1990
    Census Australian Vasc. Plants, Bureau Fl. & Fauna, Canberra

1917.

  Harden, G.J.(Ed.), 1991
    Flora of New South Wales,Vol 2. Kensington: New South Wales

1919.

  Hacker, J.B., 1990
    A Guide to Herbaceous and Shrub Legumes of Queensland.

1951.

  Lee, A.T., 1948
    Contrib. New South Wales Nat. Herb. 1(4): 131-271

1957.

  Rudd, V.E., 1991
    A Revised Handbook of the Flora of Ceylon 7: 108-381.

1983.

  Bailey, L.H. & Bailey, E.Z., 1976
    Hortus Third. New York: Macmillan

3581.

  Kumar, S.& Sane PV, 2003
    Legumes of South Asia: a check-list. RBG Kew.
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