''Oxylobium'', commonly known as shaggy-pea, is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...

s in the family Fabaceae all of which are

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to Australia.

Description

Oxylobium range in size from prostrate to tall, upright shrubs, mostly with simple, hairy stems especially when young. The leaves are mostly opposite or whorled, occasionally alternate. The pea-flowers yellow, orange or yellow-red, borne in leaf axils or at the end of branches. Flowering usually occurs in spring.

Taxonomy

The genus ''Oxylobium'' was first formally described by

Henry Cranke Andrews Henry Cranke Andrews (fl. 1794 – 1830), was an English botanist, botanical artist and engraver. As he always published as Henry C. Andrews, and due to difficulty finding records, the C. was often referred to as Charles, until a record of his ...

in 1807, the description was published in ''The Botanist's Repository for New, and Rare Plants'' and the type specimen was ''Oxylobium cordifolium''.

Species

The following is a list of species of ''Oxylobium'' accepted by the

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: * '' Oxylobium arborescens'' R.Br.—tall shaggy pea * '' Oxylobium cordifolium'' Andrews * ''

Oxylobium ellipticum ''Oxylobium ellipticum'', commonly known as the common shaggy-pea, is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It has dense clusters of yellow pea flowers and elliptic-shaped leaves. It grows in south-eastern Australia. Description ''Oxyl ...

'' (Vent.) R.Br.—common shaggy pea, golden shaggy pea * '' Oxylobium pulteneae'' DC.—wiry shaggy pea * '' Oxylobium robustum'' J.Thompson

References

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