''Oxylobium'', commonly known as shaggy-pea,
is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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s in the family
all of which are
endemic
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to
Australia
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.
Description
Oxylobium range in size from prostrate to tall, upright shrubs, mostly with simple, hairy stems especially when young. The leaves are mostly opposite or whorled, occasionally alternate. The pea-flowers yellow, orange or yellow-red, borne in leaf axils or at the end of branches. Flowering usually occurs in spring.
Taxonomy
The genus ''Oxylobium'' was first formally described by
Henry Cranke Andrews in 1807, the description was published in ''The Botanist's Repository for New, and Rare Plants'' and the type specimen was ''Oxylobium cordifolium''.
Species
The following is a list of species of ''Oxylobium'' accepted by the
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Oxylobium arborescens
''Oxylobium arborescens'', commonly known as the tall shaggy-pea, is a species of flowering shrub to small tree in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has elliptic dark green leaves and yellow pea flowers.
Descript ...
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R.Br.—tall shaggy pea
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Oxylobium cordifolium
''Oxylobium cordifolium'', commonly known as the heart-leaved shaggy pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is a small, prostrate shrub with long, wiry branches, heart-shaped leaves and o ...
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Andrews
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Oxylobium ellipticum
''Oxylobium ellipticum'', commonly known as the common shaggy-pea, is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It has dense clusters of yellow pea flowers and elliptic-shaped leaves. It grows in south-eastern Australia.
Description
''Oxylo ...
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(Vent.) R.Br.—common shaggy pea, golden shaggy pea
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Oxylobium pulteneae
''Oxylobium'', commonly known as shaggy-pea, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae all of which are endemic to Australia.
Description
Oxylobium range in size from prostrate to tall, upright shrubs, mostly with simple, hairy ste ...
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DC.—wiry shaggy pea
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Oxylobium robustum
''Oxylobium'', commonly known as shaggy-pea, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae all of which are endemic to Australia.
Description
Oxylobium range in size from prostrate to tall, upright shrubs, mostly with simple, hairy ste ...
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J.Thompson
References
Mirbelioids
Fabaceae genera
Fabales of Australia
Taxa named by Henry Cranke Andrews
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