Taxon: Swainsona formosa (G. Don) Joy Thomps.

Common names:

• desert-pea   (Source: Hortus 3 as Clianthus formosus)
  
• glory-pea   (Source: Hortus 3 as Clianthus formosus)
  
• Sturt's desert-pea   (Source: Hortus 3 as Clianthus formosus)
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard, as Clianthus formosus; Hortus 3, as Clianthus formosus)
  

Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - New South Wales, Northern Territory [s.], Queensland [s.?], South Australia, Western Australia

References:

• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 2000. International code of botanical nomenclature (Saint Louis Code). (ICBN St Louis) Art. 11.5, Ex. 21.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3) [= Clianthus formosus].
• Thompson, J. 1993. A revision of the genus Swainsona (Fabaceae). Telopea 5:469.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Swainsona formosa.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Swainsona formosa. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Clianthus dampieri A. Cunn. ex Lindl.
  (previously associated with 6 accessions)
• (≡) Clianthus formosus (G. Don) Ford & Vickery
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)
• (=) Clianthus speciosus (G. Don) Asch. & Graebn.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (≡) Donia formosa G. Don (basionym)
  
• (=) Donia speciosa G. Don
  

Check other databases for Swainsona formosa (G. Don) Joy Thomps.:

• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium Map Display Interface
• ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images or nodulation data:

• GRIN nodulation data

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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