Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Fabaceae Lindl.
Swainsona laxa R.Br.
, legitimate , scientific
Brown, R. in Sturt, C. (1849) , Botanical Appendix. Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia 2 :
76
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Statio nulla indicata, in Herb. D. Sturt."
Bentham, G. (5 October 1864) , Flora Australiensis 2 :
224
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants :
40
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1885) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 2 :
4
[secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906) , The Plants of New South Wales :
122
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants :
139
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (1924) , Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2 :
321
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (January 1948) , Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2 :
472
[secondary reference]
Lee, A.T. (10 September 1948) , The genus Swainsona. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 1(4) :
163-164, Fig. 4, Map 3
[secondary reference]
Willis, J.H. (1973) , A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2 :
301
[secondary reference]
common name:
Straggling Swainson-pea
[n/a]
common name:
Yellow Swainson-pea
[n/a]
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981) , Plants of Western New South Wales :
415
[secondary reference]
common name:
Straggling Swainsona Pea
[n/a]
common name:
Yellow Swainsona Pea
[n/a]
common name:
Yellow Darling Pea
[n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
128
[secondary reference]
Weber, J.Z. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986) , Papilionoideae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 2 :
614
[secondary reference]
Thompson, J. & James, T.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991) , Swainsona. Flora of New South Wales 2 :
434-435
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Swainsona rigida ( Benth.) J.M.Black
legitimate
Thompson, J. & James, T.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991) , Swainsona. Flora of New South Wales 2 :
434
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Swainsona pyrophila Joy Thomps.
legitimate
by Brown, R. in Sturt, C. (1849) , Botanical Appendix. Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia 2 : 76
Thompson, J. (1 March 1991) , Swainsona pyrophila (Fabaceae), a new name and synonymisation. Telopea 4(2) :
359
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Swainsona pyrophila Joy Thomps.
legitimate
by Brown, R. in Sturt, C. (1849) , Botanical Appendix. Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia 2 : 76
Thompson, J. (30 September 1993) , A revision of the genus Swainsona (Fabaceae). Telopea 5(3) :
449
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Swainsona laxa R.Br. var. laxa
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Swainsona laxa var. ? rigida Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Swainsona rigida ( Benth.) J.M.Black
legitimate
APC Dist.:
NT, SA, Qld, NSW
Jeanes, J.A. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996) , Fabaceae. Flora of Victoria 3 :
688
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Swainsona pyrophila Joy Thomps.
legitimate
by Willis, J.H. (1973) , A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 2 : 301
Thompson, J. & James, T.A. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002) , Swainsona. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2 :
601
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Swainsona rigida ( Benth.) J.M.Black
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Swainsona pyrophila Joy Thomps.
legitimate
by Weber, J.Z. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986) , Papilionoideae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 2 : 614
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Swainsonia laxa F.Muell.
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Swainsona laxa R.Br. var. laxa
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Swainsona laxa var. ? rigida Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Swainsona rigida ( Benth.) J.M.Black
legitimate
APC Dist.:
NT, SA, Qld, NSW