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{{Short description|Genus of legumes}}
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| image = Swainsona villosa habit.jpg
{{taxobox
|name = ''Swainsona''
| image_caption = ''[[Swainsona villosa]]''
|image = Swainsona villosa habit.jpg
| taxon = Swainsona
| authority = [[Richard Anthony Salisbury|Salisb.]]
|image_caption = ''[[Swainsona villosa]]''
|regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision = See text.
|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
| synonyms =
|unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]]
|unranked_ordo = [[Rosids]]
|ordo = [[Fabales]]
|familia = [[Fabaceae]]
|subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]
|tribus = [[Galegeae]]
|subtribus = [[Astragalinae]]
|genus = '''''Swainsona'''''
|genus_authority = [[Richard Anthony Salisbury|Salisb.]]
|subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
|subdivision = See text.
|synonyms =
* ''Cyclogyne'' <small>Benth. ex Lindl.</small>
* ''Cyclogyne'' <small>Benth. ex Lindl.</small>
* ''Loxidium'' <small>Vent.</small>
* ''Loxidium'' <small>Vent.</small>

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Swainsona
Swainsona villosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Subtribe: Astragalinae
Genus: Swainsona
Salisb.
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Cyclogyne Benth. ex Lindl.
  • Loxidium Vent.

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

References

  1. ^ 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. 86 (9). American Journal of Botany, Vol. 86, No. 9: 1346–1356. doi:10.2307/2656781. JSTOR 2656781. PMID 10487821. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
  2. ^ "THE DARLING PEA". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 14 May 1897. p. 5. Retrieved 16 May 2014.