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Bossiaea bracteosa

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Fabaceae

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Fabales

Genus
  
Bossiaea

Similar
  
Bossiaea cordigera, Bossiaea foliosa, Bossiaea walkeri, Bossiaea ensata, Bossiaea rhombifolia

Bossiaea bracteosa, commonly known as mountain leafless bossiaea, is a species of flowering plant in the pea family, Fabaceae. It is endemic to Victoria, Australia, where it occurs in snowgum woodland. It has broad, flat leafless branches and grows to between 0.7 and 2 metres in height. Flowers appear between November and December in its native range. The seed pods are around 2.3 to 3.2 cm long and up to 1 cm wide. These are reddish-brown at maturity. The species was formally described in 1864 by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller based on plant material collected in the Australian Alps.

There are five recently described species that were previously included in a wider circumscription of Bossiaea bracteosa :

  • Bossiaea bombayensis, on the Shoalhaven River near Braidwood, New South Wales
  • Bossiaea fragrans, Abercrombie Caves, New South Wales
  • Bossiaea grayi, Australian Capital Territory
  • Bossiaea milesiae, near the Brogo Dam, New South Wales
  • Bossiaea vombata, Wombat State Forest, Victoria
  • References

    Bossiaea bracteosa Wikipedia