Gompholobium

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Scientific Names
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Gompholobium is a genus in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. The genus is endemic to Australia.

Read about Gompholobium in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Gompholobium (name refers to club-shaped pod). Leguminosae. Two dozen Australian yellow- or red-fld. shrubs, rarely cult. Lvs. simple or compound, the lfts. mostly narrow: fls. papilionaceous, solitary, few or' in short racemes; standard orbicular or reniform, exceeding the other petals; wings falcate-oblong; keel mostly broader than the wings, obtuse; stamens free: pod very wide or nearly globular, inflated, bearing small seeds. They are said to be excellent greenhouse shrubs; prop, by cuttings of young shoots. G. polymorphum, R. Br. Glabrous shrub or undershrub, variable in foliage and habit: lfts. 3, but sometimes 5 or 7 or 9, digitate, mostly linear, to 1 in. long: fls. orange-yellow to bright crimson: pod much inflated, ovoid-globular. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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Species

Species include:^[1]

Gompholobium aristatum Benth.
Gompholobium aspalathoides A.Cunn. ex Benth.
Gompholobium baxteri Benth.
Gompholobium burtonioides Meisn.
Gompholobium capitatum A.Cunn.
Gompholobium cinereum Chappill
Gompholobium confertum (DC.) Crisp
Gompholobium cyaninum Chappill
Gompholobium ecostatum Kuchel - Dwarf Wedge-pea
Gompholobium foliolosum Benth.
Gompholobium gairdnerium Chappill
Gompholobium glabratum DC.
Gompholobium glutinosum Chappill
Gompholobium gompholobioides (F.Muell.) Crisp
Gompholobium grandiflorum Sm.
Gompholobium hendersonii Paxton
Gompholobium huegelii Benth. - Common Wedge-pea
Gompholobium inconspicuum Crisp - Creeping Wedge-pea
Gompholobium knightianum Lindl.
Gompholobium latifolium Sm. - Giant Wedge-pea
Gompholobium marginatum R.Br.
Gompholobium minus Sm.
Gompholobium muticum (Benth.) Chappill
Gompholobium nitidum Sol. ex Benth.
Gompholobium obcordatum Turcz.
Gompholobium ovatum Meisn.
Gompholobium pinnatum Sm.
Gompholobium polymorphum R.Br.
Gompholobium polyzygum F.Muell.
Gompholobium preissii Meisn.
Gompholobium pungens Chappill
Gompholobium roseum Chappill
Gompholobium scabrum Sm.
Gompholobium shuttleworthii Meisn.
Gompholobium simplicifolium (F.Muell. & Tate) Crisp
Gompholobium subulatum Benth.
Gompholobium tomentosum Labill.
Gompholobium uncinatum A.Cunn. ex Benth.
Gompholobium venulosum Lindl.
Gompholobium venustum R.Br.
Gompholobium villosum (Meisn.) Crisp
Gompholobium virgatum Sieber ex DC.
Gompholobium viscidulum Meisn.
Gompholobium wonganense Chappill

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References

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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↑ "Gompholobium". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved on 2008-10-17.

[APNI-1] "Gompholobium". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved on 2008-10-17.

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