Gompholobium Latifolium

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

Gompholobium Latifolium Gompholobium latifolium Family: Fabaceae subfamily Faboideae Distribution: Widespread on the coast and adjacent ranges of south-east Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria in open forest and woodland Common Golden glory pea Name: Derivation of Gompholobium... From Greek gomphos a Name: club and lobos a pod, referring to the inflated shape of the seed pods. latifolium... From Latin latus, broad or wide and folius a leaf, referring to the broad leaves. Conservation Not considered to be at risk in the wild. Status: General Description: Gompholobium is a genus of about 40 species all but one of which is endemic to Australia. Most species occur naturally in south-west Western Australia. They are small to medium-sized shrubs having typical "pea"-shaped flowers usually in shades or yellow or pink. The genus includes species formerly classified under Burtonia. Gompholobium latifolium Photo: Brian Walters Gompholobium latifolium is one of the best known members of the genus as its flowers are very large in comparison with most other pea-flowered plants. It is a small, shrub to about 1.5-2 metres in height. The leafs are trifoliate with leaflets 20-50 mm long by about 2-6 mm wide. The large, bright yellow flowers appear in spring and are about 30 mm in diameter. They are followed by ovoid-shaped seed pods about 18 mm long. The typical "pea" flowers consist of 4 petals; the "standard", the "keel" and two "wings" as shown in the diagram. Although of great horticultural merit, G.latifolium is only rarely cultivated. This is due to the lack of availability of plants and seed as well as to the fact that the species has not proven to be very reliable as a garden plant. It requires a well drained position in full sun or semi shade. Propagation from seed is relatively easy following pre-treatment to break the physical dormancy provided by the impervious seed coat. Pre-treatment can be carried out by abrasion or by the use of boiling water (further details can be found in the Seed Propagation page). The seed retains viability for many years. Cuttings using firm, current season's growth may be successful but are usually very slow to strike..
Recommended publications
  • Native Plants Sixth Edition Sixth Edition AUSTRALIAN Native Plants Cultivation, Use in Landscaping and Propagation
    AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS SIXTH EDITION SIXTH EDITION AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS Cultivation, Use in Landscaping and Propagation John W. Wrigley Murray Fagg Sixth Edition published in Australia in 2013 by ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Reed New Holland an imprint of New Holland Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd Sydney • Auckland • London • Cape Town Many people have helped us since 1977 when we began writing the first edition of Garfield House 86–88 Edgware Road London W2 2EA United Kingdom Australian Native Plants. Some of these folk have regrettably passed on, others have moved 1/66 Gibbes Street Chatswood NSW 2067 Australia to different areas. We endeavour here to acknowledge their assistance, without which the 218 Lake Road Northcote Auckland New Zealand Wembley Square First Floor Solan Road Gardens Cape Town 8001 South Africa various editions of this book would not have been as useful to so many gardeners and lovers of Australian plants. www.newhollandpublishers.com To the following people, our sincere thanks: Steve Adams, Ralph Bailey, Natalie Barnett, www.newholland.com.au Tony Bean, Lloyd Bird, John Birks, Mr and Mrs Blacklock, Don Blaxell, Jim Bourner, John Copyright © 2013 in text: John Wrigley Briggs, Colin Broadfoot, Dot Brown, the late George Brown, Ray Brown, Leslie Conway, Copyright © 2013 in map: Ian Faulkner Copyright © 2013 in photographs and illustrations: Murray Fagg Russell and Sharon Costin, Kirsten Cowley, Lyn Craven (Petraeomyrtus punicea photograph) Copyright © 2013 New Holland Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd Richard Cummings, Bert
    [Show full text]
  • Jervis Bay Territory Page 1 of 50 21-Jan-11 Species List for NRM Region (Blank), Jervis Bay Territory
    Biodiversity Summary for NRM Regions Species List What is the summary for and where does it come from? This list has been produced by the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (SEWPC) for the Natural Resource Management Spatial Information System. The list was produced using the AustralianAustralian Natural Natural Heritage Heritage Assessment Assessment Tool Tool (ANHAT), which analyses data from a range of plant and animal surveys and collections from across Australia to automatically generate a report for each NRM region. Data sources (Appendix 2) include national and state herbaria, museums, state governments, CSIRO, Birds Australia and a range of surveys conducted by or for DEWHA. For each family of plant and animal covered by ANHAT (Appendix 1), this document gives the number of species in the country and how many of them are found in the region. It also identifies species listed as Vulnerable, Critically Endangered, Endangered or Conservation Dependent under the EPBC Act. A biodiversity summary for this region is also available. For more information please see: www.environment.gov.au/heritage/anhat/index.html Limitations • ANHAT currently contains information on the distribution of over 30,000 Australian taxa. This includes all mammals, birds, reptiles, frogs and fish, 137 families of vascular plants (over 15,000 species) and a range of invertebrate groups. Groups notnot yet yet covered covered in inANHAT ANHAT are notnot included included in in the the list. list. • The data used come from authoritative sources, but they are not perfect. All species names have been confirmed as valid species names, but it is not possible to confirm all species locations.
    [Show full text]
  • Gompholobium Ecostatum Kuchel, Suppl
    GompholobiumListing Statement for Gomphlobium ecostatum ecostatum (dwarf wedgepea) dwarf wedgepea T A S M A N I A N T H R E A T E N E D S P E C I E S L I S T I N G S T A T E M E N T Image by Greg Jordan Scientific name: Gompholobium ecostatum Kuchel, Suppl. Black's Fl. S. Austral.: 182 (1965) Common Name: dwarf wedgepea (Wapstra et al. 2005) Group: vascular plant, dicotyledon, family Fabaceae Status: Threatened Species Protection Act 1995: endangered Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999: Not listed Distribution: Endemic status: not endemic to Tasmania Tasmanian NRM Region: North Figure 1. Distribution of Gompholobium ecostatum in Plate 1. Flower of Gompholobium ecostatum Tasmania, showing Natural Resource Management (image by Natalie Tapson) regions 1 Threatened Species and Marine Section – Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment Listing Statement for Gomphlobium ecostatum (dwarf wedgepea) SUMMARY: Gompholobium ecostatum (dwarf structures) inserted midway along the pedicels. wedgepea) is a low spreading shrub that occurs The flowers are 15 to 20 mm long and are deep in heathland and heathy eucalypt woodland on apricot to reddish with a yellow centre and sandy and gravelly soils. In Tasmania, it occurs black outer surfaces. The calyx (outermost at several locations in central Flinders Island, whorl of floral parts) is about 8 mm long, black, where it has a highly restricted distribution glabrous outside and with tomentose inside occurring within a linear range of less than margins. The keel (lower petal) is usually 20 km and likely to occupy less than 10 ha, and minutely ciliate along the edges.
    [Show full text]
  • Microsoft Photo Editor
    Environmental research on the impact of bumblebees in Australia and facilitation of national communication for and against further introductions Kaye Hergstrom Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery Project Number: VG99033 VG99033 This report is published by Horticulture Australia Ltd to pass on information concerning horticultural research and development undertaken for the vegetable industry. The research contained in this report was funded by Horticulture Australia Ltd with the financial support of the vegetable industry and Hydroponic Farmers Federation. All expressions of opinion are not to be regarded as expressing the opinion of Horticulture Australia Ltd or any authority of the Australian Government. The Company and the Australian Government accept no responsibility for any of the opinions or the accuracy of the information contained in this report and readers should rely upon their own enquiries in making decisions concerning their own interests. ISBN 0 7341 0532 0 Published and distributed by: Horticulture Australia Ltd Level 1 50 Carrington Street Sydney NSW 2000 Telephone: (02) 8295 2300 Fax: (02) 8295 2399 E-Mail: [email protected] © Copyright 2002 Environmental Research on the Impact of Bumblebees in Australia and Facilitation of National Communication for/against Further Introduction Prepared by Kaye Hergstrom1, Roger Buttermore1, Owen Seeman2 and Bruce McCorkell2 1Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 40 Macquarie St, Hobart Tas., 2Department of Primary Industries, Water and the Environment, Tas. 13 St Johns Ave, New Town, Tas. Horticulture Australia Project No: VG99033 The authors gratefully acknowledge the funding support provided by: Horticulture Australia Additional support in kind has been provided by: The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Front cover illustration by Mike Tobias; design by Lexi Clark Any recommendations contained in this publication do not necessarily represent current HRDC policy.
    [Show full text]
  • Fruits and Seeds of Genera in the Subfamily Faboideae (Fabaceae)
    Fruits and Seeds of United States Department of Genera in the Subfamily Agriculture Agricultural Faboideae (Fabaceae) Research Service Technical Bulletin Number 1890 Volume I December 2003 United States Department of Agriculture Fruits and Seeds of Agricultural Research Genera in the Subfamily Service Technical Bulletin Faboideae (Fabaceae) Number 1890 Volume I Joseph H. Kirkbride, Jr., Charles R. Gunn, and Anna L. Weitzman Fruits of A, Centrolobium paraense E.L.R. Tulasne. B, Laburnum anagyroides F.K. Medikus. C, Adesmia boronoides J.D. Hooker. D, Hippocrepis comosa, C. Linnaeus. E, Campylotropis macrocarpa (A.A. von Bunge) A. Rehder. F, Mucuna urens (C. Linnaeus) F.K. Medikus. G, Phaseolus polystachios (C. Linnaeus) N.L. Britton, E.E. Stern, & F. Poggenburg. H, Medicago orbicularis (C. Linnaeus) B. Bartalini. I, Riedeliella graciliflora H.A.T. Harms. J, Medicago arabica (C. Linnaeus) W. Hudson. Kirkbride is a research botanist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory, BARC West Room 304, Building 011A, Beltsville, MD, 20705-2350 (email = [email protected]). Gunn is a botanist (retired) from Brevard, NC (email = [email protected]). Weitzman is a botanist with the Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany, Washington, DC. Abstract Kirkbride, Joseph H., Jr., Charles R. Gunn, and Anna L radicle junction, Crotalarieae, cuticle, Cytiseae, Weitzman. 2003. Fruits and seeds of genera in the subfamily Dalbergieae, Daleeae, dehiscence, DELTA, Desmodieae, Faboideae (Fabaceae). U. S. Department of Agriculture, Dipteryxeae, distribution, embryo, embryonic axis, en- Technical Bulletin No. 1890, 1,212 pp. docarp, endosperm, epicarp, epicotyl, Euchresteae, Fabeae, fracture line, follicle, funiculus, Galegeae, Genisteae, Technical identification of fruits and seeds of the economi- gynophore, halo, Hedysareae, hilar groove, hilar groove cally important legume plant family (Fabaceae or lips, hilum, Hypocalypteae, hypocotyl, indehiscent, Leguminosae) is often required of U.S.
    [Show full text]
  • Native Pea Plants Walkabout KWG
    Native Pea Plants Walkabout KWG standard (petal) wing wing (petal) (petal) keel (2 petals) Pea plants and wattles (botanically, members of the Fabaceae family) both possess root nodules containing nitrogen-fixing bacteria and have pods as their fruit. We classify the pea plants as Fabaceae, Subfamily Faboideae, the wattles as Fabaceae, Subfamily Mimosoideae. Many native pea plants grow in Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden, most of them with yellow–coloured flowers. Take a walk through the garden and see if you can find them. To help with their identification pictures of these species are shown below and underneath each picture a few key features are noted. Fuller descriptions of these plants can be found on Australian Plants Society – North Shore Group Blandfordia website: https://austplants.com.au/North-Shore/ in “Notes” on the Walks & Talks page. Excellent pictures can be found on the Hornsby Library website: www.hornsby.nsw.gov.au/library under: eLibrary, Learning and Research, Hornsby Herbarium. Detailed botanical descriptions are given on the PlantNET website: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/ Dillwynias – all have ‘ear-like’ standards Phyllota phylicoides: standard Pultenaea stipularis: slight dip in Dillwynia floribunda (topmost picture): cathedral-shaped, new growth standard, stem densely covered with flowers dense towards end of branches extends beyond inflorescence, brown stipules Dillwynia retorta: twisted leaves green leaf-like bracteoles Bossiaea heterophylla: large dip in Bossiaea obcordata: large dip in Bossiaea scolopendria:
    [Show full text]
  • Post-Fire Recovery of Woody Plants in the New England Tableland Bioregion
    Post-fire recovery of woody plants in the New England Tableland Bioregion Peter J. ClarkeA, Kirsten J. E. Knox, Monica L. Campbell and Lachlan M. Copeland Botany, School of Environmental and Rural Sciences, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, AUSTRALIA. ACorresponding author; email: [email protected] Abstract: The resprouting response of plant species to fire is a key life history trait that has profound effects on post-fire population dynamics and community composition. This study documents the post-fire response (resprouting and maturation times) of woody species in six contrasting formations in the New England Tableland Bioregion of eastern Australia. Rainforest had the highest proportion of resprouting woody taxa and rocky outcrops had the lowest. Surprisingly, no significant difference in the median maturation length was found among habitats, but the communities varied in the range of maturation times. Within these communities, seedlings of species killed by fire, mature faster than seedlings of species that resprout. The slowest maturing species were those that have canopy held seed banks and were killed by fire, and these were used as indicator species to examine fire immaturity risk. Finally, we examine whether current fire management immaturity thresholds appear to be appropriate for these communities and find they need to be amended. Cunninghamia (2009) 11(2): 221–239 Introduction Maturation times of new recruits for those plants killed by fire is also a critical biological variable in the context of fire Fire is a pervasive ecological factor that influences the regimes because this time sets the lower limit for fire intervals evolution, distribution and abundance of woody plants that can cause local population decline or extirpation (Keith (Whelan 1995; Bond & van Wilgen 1996; Bradstock et al.
    [Show full text]
  • Powerful Pollinators Encouraging Insect Pollinators in Farm Landscapes
    Bilpin, Blue Mountains: NSW Powerful pollinators Encouraging insect pollinators in farm landscapes Pollinators are an essential component of agricultural production and of healthy, biodiverse landscapes. Protecting and enhancing pollinator resources on farms will help support a diverse range of pollinators. This brochure provides an introduction to encouraging insect pollinators on farms, including a guide to choosing plants that will support diverse pollinators throughout the year. The power of pollinators Pollinators – mostly insects, but also birds and mammals – assist the formation of seeds and fruit in many plant species by visiting flowers in search of food (nectar and/or pollen). Whilst foraging they transfer pollen from one flower to another, facilitating fertilization, which results in fruits and seeds. Honey bees, native bees and other native insects like hoverflies, wasps and butterflies provide essential © Amy-Marie Gilpin pollination services for native plants, Native vegetation supports pollinators by providing food and nesting sites. Nearby crops and garden flowers, fruits and vegetables. pastures will benefit from the increased abundance and diversity of pollinators in the landscape. Pollinators and food security Insect populations are in decline Backyard biodiversity Without insect pollinators, the quantity worldwide due to land clearing, Insect pollinators are a prime example and diversity of food and flowers intensive or monocultural of the importance of healthy ecosystems grown in backyard gardens would be agriculture, pesticide use, in urban gardens, parks and reserves. severely restricted. Many of the foods Insects are the ‘canaries in the coal mine’ we eat, from gardens and farms, pollution, colony disease, of our urban and rural environments. benefit from pollination.
    [Show full text]
  • Native Plants of Sydney Harbour National Park: Historical Records and Species Lists, and Their Value for Conservation Monitoring
    Native plants of Sydney Harbour National Park: historical records and species lists, and their value for conservation monitoring Doug Benson National Herbarium of New South Wales, Royal Botanic Gardens, Mrs Macquaries Rd, Sydney 2000 AUSTRALIA [email protected] Abstract: Sydney Harbour National Park (lat 33° 53’S; long 151° 13’E), protects significant vegetation on the harbour foreshores close to Sydney City CBD; its floristic abundance and landscape beauty has been acknowledged since the writings of the First Fleet in 1788. Surprisingly, although historical plant collections were made as early as1802, and localised surveys have listed species for parts of the Park since the 1960s, a detailed survey of the flora of whole Park is still needed. This paper provides the first definitive list of the c.400 native flora species for Sydney Harbour National Park (total area 390 ha) showing occurrence on the seven terrestrial sub-regions or precincts (North Head, South Head, Dobroyd Head, Middle Head, Chowder Head, Bradleys Head and Nielsen Park). The list is based on historical species lists, records from the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (formerly Dept of Environment, Climate Change and Water) Atlas, National Herbarium of New South Wales specimen details, and some additional fieldwork. 131 species have only been recorded from a single precinct site and many are not substantiated with a recent herbarium specimen (though there are historical specimens from the general area for many). Species reported in the sources but for which no current or historic specimen exists are listed separately as being of questionable/non-local status.
    [Show full text]
  • Ecology of Pyrmont Peninsula 1788 - 2008
    Transformations: Ecology of Pyrmont peninsula 1788 - 2008 John Broadbent Transformations: Ecology of Pyrmont peninsula 1788 - 2008 John Broadbent Sydney, 2010. Ecology of Pyrmont peninsula iii Executive summary City Council’s ‘Sustainable Sydney 2030’ initiative ‘is a vision for the sustainable development of the City for the next 20 years and beyond’. It has a largely anthropocentric basis, that is ‘viewing and interpreting everything in terms of human experience and values’(Macquarie Dictionary, 2005). The perspective taken here is that Council’s initiative, vital though it is, should be underpinned by an ecocentric ethic to succeed. This latter was defined by Aldo Leopold in 1949, 60 years ago, as ‘a philosophy that recognizes[sic] that the ecosphere, rather than any individual organism[notably humans] is the source and support of all life and as such advises a holistic and eco-centric approach to government, industry, and individual’(http://dictionary.babylon.com). Some relevant considerations are set out in Part 1: General Introduction. In this report, Pyrmont peninsula - that is the communities of Pyrmont and Ultimo – is considered as a microcosm of the City of Sydney, indeed of urban areas globally. An extensive series of early views of the peninsula are presented to help the reader better visualise this place as it was early in European settlement (Part 2: Early views of Pyrmont peninsula). The physical geography of Pyrmont peninsula has been transformed since European settlement, and Part 3: Physical geography of Pyrmont peninsula describes the geology, soils, topography, shoreline and drainage as they would most likely have appeared to the first Europeans to set foot there.
    [Show full text]
  • Terminal Differentiation of Symbiotic Rhizobia in Certain Legume Species And
    Terminal differentiation of symbiotic rhizobia in certain legume species and its implications for legume-rhizobia coevolution A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA BY Ryoko Oono IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY R. Ford Denison Advisor August, 2010 © Ryoko Oono 2010 Acknowledgements I would like to give special thanks to Bruce A. Sorrie, Alan Weakley, Carol A. McCormick, Will Cook, Mark T. Buntaine and Troy Mielke for helping me find legume species in North Carolina and Minnesota. This thesis would also not be possible without the mentorship of my committee members, Ruth G. Shaw, George D. Weiblen, Peter Tiffin, and Imke Schmitt as well as the patience and guidance from my thesis advisor, R. Ford Denison, and senior lab graduate student, Will C. Ratcliff. Many thanks for supporting me these last five years and taking the time in fostering my research skills. Additional thanks to many of the undergraduate students working in our lab, including Carolyn G. Anderson, who contributed to Chapter 4 and Justin Bower, whose work will build upon this dissertation. I would also like to thank Toby E. Kiers for giving me the opportunity to write a Tansley Review with her for New Phytologist. Thank you to Janet I. Sprent for collaborating with me on the publication of Chapter 2 and Mike Sadowsky for many interesting discussions on rhizobia. Thank you to the University of Minnesota Plant Biological Sciences Program for supporting me as a graduate student for these past five years with teaching assistantships and summer fellowships.
    [Show full text]
  • Defining and Mapping Rare Vegetation Communities: Improving Techniques to Assist Land-Use Planning and Conservation
    Defining and mapping rare vegetation communities: improving techniques to assist land-use planning and conservation Stephen A. J. Bell BSc. (Hons) A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy School of Environmental and Life Sciences The University of Newcastle February 2013 Declaration Statement of Originality This thesis contains no material which has been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma in any university or other tertiary institution and, to the best of my knowledge and belief, contains no material previously published or written by another person, except where due reference has been made in the text. I give consent to this copy of my thesis, when deposited in the University Library, being made available for loan and photocopying subject to the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968. Statement of Collaboration I hereby certify that the concepts embodied in Chapter 2 of this thesis have been done in collaboration with a fellow researcher at this university. I have included as part of the thesis in Chapter 2 a statement clearly outlining the extent of collaboration with whom and under what auspices. Stephen A. J. Bell Preface “The vegetated landscape …. on first appearance presents a bewildering display of living matter, a higgledy-piggledy mass of trunks, leaves, branches, shrubs and grasses seemingly without form. The more observant may notice that the higgledy-piggledy mass varies from one place to another, that in some places there are trees as tall as large buildings while in other places there are no trees at all …. By the application of a systematic approach to viewing vegetation the bewildering display of plant life can take on new meaning thus altering one’s perception of what is being seen .… Suddenly the jumble of plant life reveals structures and beauties probably hitherto unseen”.
    [Show full text]