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Taxon:  Clianthus formosus (G. Don) Ford & Vickery



Summary
Genus:
Clianthus
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Galegeae
Subtribe:
Astragalinae
Nomen number:
10911
Place of publication:
Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb. 1:302. 1950
Verified:
06/17/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
5 (5  active, 1  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Australian Systematic Botany Society. Flora of central Australia. 1981
  2. Beadle, N. C. W. 1964. Nitrogen economy in arid and semi-arid plant communities. Part III. The symbiotic nitrogen-fixing organisms. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 89(2):273-286.
  3. Burbidge, N. T. 1963. Dictionary of Australian plant genera. 74.
  4. Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage. 2000
  5. Green, J. W. Census of the vascular plants of Western Australia. 1985
  6. Greuter, W. et al., eds. International code of botanical nomenclature (Saint Louis Code). 2000 Art. 11.5, Ex. 21.
  7. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  8. Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4. 1986
  9. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  10. National Academy of Sciences. Tropical legumes: resources for the future. 1979
  11. Thompson, J. 1990. New species and new combinations in the genus Swainsona (Fabaceae) in New South Wales. Telopea 4:4.
  12. Thompson, J. 1993. A revision of the genus Swainsona (Fabaceae). Telopea 5:469.
Common names
Distribution
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=10911. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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