Swainsona

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: Galegeae
Genus: Swainsona
Species: S. acuticarinata – S. adenophylla – S. affinis – S. beasleyana – S. behriana – S. brachycarpa – S. bracteata – S. burkei – S. burkittii – S. cadellii – S. calcicola – S. campestris – S. campylantha – S. canescens – S. colutoides – S. complanata – S. cornuta – S. cyclocarpa – S. decurrens – S. dictyocarpa – S. disjuncta – S. ecallosa – S. elegans – S. elegantoides – S. eremaea – S. extrajacens – S. fissimontana – S. flavicarinata – S. formosa – S. forrestii – S. fraseri – S. fuscoviridis – S. galegifolia – S. gracilis – S. greyana – S. halophila – S. inceii – S. kingii – S. laciniata – S. laxa – S. leeana – S. lessertiifolia – S. longicarinata – S. longipilosa – S. luteola – S. maccullochiana – S. microcalyx – S. microphylla – S. minutiflora – S. monticola – S. murrayana – S. oligophylla – S. oliveri – S. oroboides – S. paradoxa – S. parviflora – S. paucifoliolata – S. pedunculata – S. perlonga – S. phacoides – S. plagiotropis – S. procumbens – S. pterostylis – S. purpurea – S. pyrophila – S. queenslandica – S. recta – S. reticulata – S. rostellata – S. rostrata – S. rotunda – S. sejuncta – S. sericea – S. similis – S. stenodonta – S. stipularis – S. swainsonioides – S. tanamiensis – S. tenuis – S. tephrotricha – S. thompsoniana – S. unifoliolata – S. vestita – S. villosa – S. viridis
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Swainsona in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jan 11. Reference page.

Name

Swainsona Salisb., Parad. Lond. ad t. 28. 1806.
Type species: Swainsona coronillifolia Salisb. = S. galegifolia
(Andrews) R.Br.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Cyclogyne Benth. ex Lindl., Sketch Veg. Swan River Colony xvi. 1839.
Swainsona sect. Cyclogyne (Benth.) F.Muell., Fragm. 1(4): 75. 1859.
Type species: Cyclogyne canescens Benth. ex Lindl.
Diplolobium F.Muell., Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 7: 489. 1863, nom. illeg. non (Benth.) Rchb. (1841).
Type species: Diplolobium walcottii F.Muell.
Loxidium Vent., Dec. Gen. 9. 1808.
Type species: Loxidium galegifolium (Andrews) Vent. ex Poir.
Willdampia A.S.George, West. Austral. Nat., 22(3): 192. 1999.
Type species: Willdampia formosa (G.Don) A.S.George

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Australasia
Regional: Australia
Australia

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

Salisbury, R.A., 1806. The Paradisus Londinensis ad t. 28.

Additional references

Farr, E. R. & Zijlstra, G. eds. (1996-) Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). 2010 Mai 1 [1].
Thompson, J. 1993. A revision of the genus Swainsona (Fabaceae). Telopea 5(3): 427–581, 436.
Davis, R.W. & Hammer, T.A. 2020. A key to the species of Swainsona (Fabaceae) in Western Australia and description of S. katjarra from the Little Sandy Desert region, Western Australia. Swainsona 33: 143–148.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Swainsona in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jan 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Swainsona. Published online. Accessed: Jan 11 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Swainsona. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jan 11.
Hassler, M. 2021. Swainsona. 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 Jan 11. Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Swainson pea, darling pea, poison pea
русский: Свайнсона

Swainsona is a large genus of flowering plants native to Australasia. There are 85 species, all but one of which is endemic to Australia.

A member of the family Fabaceae (legumes), it is most closely related to the New Zealand genera Montigena (scree pea), Clianthus (kakabeak), and Carmichaelia (New Zealand broom).[1]

Swainsona is named after English botanist Isaac Swainson.

A few species are known to produce swainsonine, a phytotoxin harmful to livestock (see Locoweed). In Australia, animals intoxicated with swainsonine are said to be pea struck.[2]

Selected species

Swainsona acuticarinata (A.T.Lee) Joy Thomps.
Swainsona adenophylla J.M.Black
Swainsona affinis (A.T.Lee) Joy Thomps.
Swainsona beasleyana F.Muell.
Swainsona behriana F.Muell. ex J.M.Black
Swainsona brachycarpa Benth.
Swainsona bracteata (Maiden & Betche) Joy Thomps.
Swainsona burkei F.Muell. ex Benth.
Swainsona burkittii F.Muell. ex Benth.
Swainsona cadellii F.Muell. ex C.Moore & Betche
Swainsona calcicola Joy Thomps.
Swainsona campestris J.M.Black
Swainsona campylantha F.Muell.
Swainsona canescens (Benth.) F.Muell.
Swainsona colutoides F.Muell.
Swainsona complanata Joy Thomps.
Swainsona concinna F.M.Bailey
Swainsona cornuta Joy Thomps.
Swainsona coronillifolia Salisb.
Swainsona cyclocarpa F.Muell.
Swainsona decurrens A.T.Lee
Swainsona dictyocarpa J.M.Black
Swainsona disjuncta Joy Thomps.
Swainsona ecallosa Sprague
Swainsona elegans A.T.Lee
Swainsona elegantoides (A.T.Lee) Joy Thomps.
Swainsona eremaea Joy Thomps.
Swainsona extrajacens Joy Thomps.
Swainsona fissimontana J.M.Black
Swainsona flavicarinata J.M.Black
Swainsona formosa (G. Don) Joy Thomps. – Sturt's Desert Pea
Swainsona forrestii F.Muell. ex A.T.Lee
Swainsona fragilis F.M.Bailey
Swainsona fraseri Benth.
Swainsona fuscoviridis Joy Thomps.
Swainsona galegifolia (Andrews) R.Br.
Swainsona gracilis Benth.
Swainsona greyana Lindl.
Swainsona halophila Joy Thomps.
Swainsona incei W.R.Price
Swainsona kingii F.Muell.
Swainsona lessertiifolia DC.
Swainsona monticola A.Cunn. ex Benth.
Swainsona procumbens (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
Swainsona sejuncta Joy Thomps.

References

Wagstaff, Steven J.; Peter B. Heenan; Michael J. Sanderson (1999). "Classification, origins, and patterns of diversification in New Zealand Carmichaelia (Fabaceae)". American Journal of Botany. American Journal of Botany, Vol. 86, No. 9. 86 (9): 1346–1356. doi:10.2307/2656781. JSTOR 2656781. PMID 10487821. Retrieved 2008-07-26.

"THE DARLING PEA". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 14 May 1897. p. 5. Retrieved 16 May 2014.

"Swainsona Salisb". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.