Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Psoralea arborea
Fabaceae Lindl.
Psoralea arborea Sims , legitimate, scientific
Sims, J. (1819), Botanical Magazine 46: pl. 2090 [tax. nov.]
Western Australian Herbarium (2013), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2.8: - APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: WA (naturalised)
Stirton, C.H., Stajsic, V. & Bello, A. (21 April 2015), Naturalised species of Psoralea (Fabaceae: Psoraleeae) in Australia. Muelleria 33: 101-104, Figs 2, 3-4 (maps) BHL [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Psoralea pinnata quinquejuga Eckl. & Zeyh. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Psoralea pinnata L. legitimate by Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Fabaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 681, Fig. 138a misapplication: Psoralea affinis Eckl. & Zeyh. legitimate by Hutchinson, J. (1910), Curtis's Botanical Magazine 136: t. 8331 misapplication: Psoralea pinnata L. legitimate by Palmer, E. & Pitman, N. (1976), Trees of Southern Africa 2: 918-919 common name: Fonteinbos [n/a]
  • Etymology: "The epithet refers to the habit of the plant (from Latin: arbor, tree). It is one of the few trees in the genus."
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 46 [secondary reference]

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