Podolobium

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Mirbelieae
Genus: Podolobium
Species: P. aciculiferum – P. aestivum – P. alpestre – P. ilicifolium – P. procumbens – P. scandens
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Podolobium in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 07. Reference page.

Name

Podolobium R.Br., 1811

Type species: Podolobium trilobatum R.Br.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Australasia
Regional: Australia
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Brown, R., 1811. Hort. Kew., ed. 2 3: 9

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Podolobium in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 07. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Podolobium. Published online. Accessed: May 07 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Podolobium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 07.
Hassler, M. 2021. Podolobium. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 07. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Podolobium. Accessed: 07 May 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Podolobium in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

Podolobium, commonly known as shaggy peas,[2] is a genus of six species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae that are endemic to eastern Australia.[3] The genus was formally described by botanist Robert Brown in Hortus Kewensis in 1811.[4][5]

Description

Podolobiums vary in size and habit from upright to prostrate forms and stems usually have soft, smooth hairs. The leaves are arranged alternately, opposite or whorled, margins smooth or lobed. The leaf upper surface is covered with a network of veins, occasionally warty, edges rolled under or flat, stipules stiff, rolled under or spreading. The inflorescence are at the end of branches or in racemes in leaf axils, clusters or corymbs, with 3-lobed bracts and usually falling off as the flower matures. The calyx has 5 more or less equal teeth, upper two wider and joined higher up. The flower petals are clawed, standard petal at the back of the flower is more or less rounded, notched at the apex, longer than the other petals. The stamens are free, the anthers even and the ovary stalked. The seed pods are oblong to egg-shaped.[2]
Taxonomy

The genus Podolobium was first formally described in 1811 by Robert Brown and the description was published in Hortus Kewensis.[4][5]
Distribution

All podolobium species are endemic to Australia, found in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.[2]
Species list

The following species are accepted by the Australian Plant Census as at October 2020:[6]

Podolobium aciculiferum F.Muell. — needle shaggy-pea (N.S.W., Qld.)
Podolobium aestivum Crisp & P.H.Weston (N.S.W.)
Podolobium alpestre (F.Muell.) Crisp & P.H.Weston — alpine shaggy-pea (A.C.T., Vic., N.S.W.)
Podolobium ilicifolium (Andrews) Crisp & P.H.Weston — prickly shaggy pea (Qld., Vic., N.S.W)
Podolobium procumbens (F.Muell.) Crisp & P.H.Weston — trailing shaggy-pea (Vic., N.S.W)
Podolobium scandens DC. — netted shaggy-pea (Qld., N.S.W)

References

"Podolobium". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
Wiecek, Barbara. "Podolobium". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
Crisp M. "Podolobium". Fabaceae tribes Mirbelieae and Bossiaeeae. Archived from the original on 14 October 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
"Podolobium". APNI. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
Brown, Robert; Aiton, William T. (ed.) (1811). Hortus Kewensis (2 ed.). London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown. p. 9. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
"Podolobium". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 17 October 2020.