Swainsona formosa
Swainsona formosa (G.Don) Joy Thomps.
Thompson, J. (1990) New Species and New Contributions in the
Genus Swainsona (Fabaceae) in New South Wales. Telopea
4(1): 4
Nomenclatural Synonyms:
Donia formosa G.Don ; Don, G. in Don, G. (1832),
A General History of Dichlamydeous Plants 2: 468
Clianthus formosus (G.Don) Ford & Vickery ;
Ford, N. & Vickery, J.W. (1950) The correct name of Sturt's
Desert Pea, Clianthus formosus (G.Don) comb. nov..
Contributions from the New South Wales National
Herbarium 1(5): 303
Clianthus speciosus var. typicus Domin nom.
inval. ; Domin, K. (1928), Beitrage zur Flora und
Pflanzengeographie Australiens 22 (89): 760
Donia speciosa G.Don ; Don, G. in Don, G. (1832),
A General History of Dichlamydeous Plants 2: 468
Taxonomic Synonyms:
Clianthus speciosus (G.Don) Asch. & Graebn. subsp. speciosus ; Ascherson, P.F.A. & Graebner,
K.O.R.P.P. (1909) Synopsis der Mitteleuropaischen Flora
6 (2): 726
Clianthus speciosus (G.Don) Asch. & Graebn. var. speciosus ; Domin, K. (1928), Beitrage zur
Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens 22 (89): 760
Clianthus speciosus (G.Don) Asch. & Graebn. nom.
illeg. ; Ascherson, P.F.A. & Graebner, K.O.R.P.P.
(1909) Synopsis der Mitteleuropaischen Flora 6(2); 7:
725
Clianthus speciosus subsp. marginata (Dombrain)
Asch. & Graebn. ; Ascherson, P.F.A. & Graebner,
K.O.R.P.P. (1909) Synopsis der Mitteleuropaischen Flora
6 (2): 726
Clianthus speciosus var. oxleyi (A.Cunn. ex
Lindl.) Domin ; Domin, K. (1928), Beitrage zur Flora
und Pflanzengeographie Australiens 22 (89): 760
Clianthus dampieri Lindl. var. dampieri ;
Lemaire, C.A. (1865) Clianthus dampieri var flore albo
rubro-marginato. L'Illustration Horticole 12: 456
Clianthus dampieri Lindl. nom. illeg. ;
Cunningham, A. ex Lindley, J. (1835) Note upon a handsome and
hardy plant, called Clianthus puniceus. Transactions of the
Horticultural Society of London ser. 2 1: 522
Clianthus dampieri var. flore-albo Hort. ex Lem.
; Hort.Angl. ex Lemaire, C.A. (1865) Clianthus dampieri
var flore albo rubro-marginato. L'Illustration Horticole
12: 456
Clianthus dampieri var. marginata Dombrain
; Dombrain, H.H. in Dombrain, H.H. (1866), The Floral
Magazine 5: Pl. 274
Clianthus dampieri var. marginata G.Nicholson
nom. illeg. ; Nicholson, G. in Nicholson, G. (Ed) (1885),
The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening 1: 343
Clianthus dampieri var. marginatus Wickham nom.
illeg. ; Wickham, W. (1890) Garden Flora. The
Garden 37: 298, pl. 746
Clianthus dampieri var. tricolor Anon. ;
Anon. (1903) New or Interesting Plants. The Gardening
World 20: 409
Clianthus oxleyi A.Cunn. ex Lindl. nom. illeg. ;
Cunningham, A. ex Lindley, J. (1835) Note upon a handsome and
hardy plant, called Clianthus puniceus. Transactions of the
Horticultural Society of London ser. 2 1: 522
Colutea novae-hollandiae Walp. nom. illeg. ;
Walpers, W.G. (1851) Annales Botanicae Systematicae 2:
368, pro syn.
Thompson, J. (1993) A revision of the genus Swainsona
(Fabaceae). Telopea 5(3): 469
STATUS: Morphological evidence [Thompson,
1990, 1993; Heenan, 1998], corroborated by recent DNA evidence
[Wagstaff et al., 1999] clearly indicates that the genus
Swainsona incorporates Swainsona formosa, Sturts Desert Pea.
The recent segregation of this taxon into the monotypic
Willdampia is not supported by these studies, and hence this
proposed taxonomic change has not been accepted. The correct
name remains Swainsona formosa
Nomenclatural Synonyms:
Donia formosa G.Don ; Don, G. in Don, G. (1832),
A General History of Dichlamydeous Plants 2: 468
Clianthus formosus (G.Don) Ford & Vickery ;
Ford, N. & Vickery, J.W. (1950) The correct name of Sturt's
Desert Pea, Clianthus formosus (G.Don) comb. nov..
Contributions from the New South Wales National
Herbarium 1(5): 303
Clianthus dampieri Lindl. nom. illeg. ;
Cunningham, A. ex Lindley, J. (1835) Note upon a handsome and
hardy plant, called Clianthus puniceus. Transactions of the
Horticultural Society of London ser. 2 1: 522
taxonomic Synonyms:
Clianthus dampieri var. marginata Dombrain
; Dombrain, H.H. in Dombrain, H.H. (1866), The Floral
Magazine 5: Pl. 274
Donia speciosa G.Don ; Don, G. in Don, G. (1832),
A General History of Dichlamydeous Plants 2: 468
Clianthus speciosus (G.Don) Asch. & Graebn. nom.
illeg. ; Ascherson, P.F.A. & Graebner, K.O.R.P.P.
(1909) Synopsis der Mitteleuropaischen Flora 6(2); 7:
725
Clianthus oxleyi A.Cunn. ex Lindl. nom. illeg. ;
Cunningham, A. ex Lindley, J. (1835) Note upon a handsome and
hardy plant, called Clianthus puniceus. Transactions of the
Horticultural Society of London ser. 2 1: 522
Heenan, P.B. (1998) Phylogenetic analysis of the Carmichaelia
complex, Clianthus and Swainsona (Fabaceae), from Australia and
New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 36(1): 21-40
Symon, D.E. (2000) Willdampia land or be wrecked?.
Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 104:
35-36
STATUS: Morphological evidence [Thompson,
1990, 1993; Heenan, 1998], corroborated by recent DNA evidence
[Wagstaff et al., 1999] clearly indicates that the Sturt's
Desert Pea, Swainsona formosa, belongs in the genus Swainsona.
Its recent segregation into the monotypic Willdampia is not
supported by these recent studies, and as such this proposed
taxonomic change has not been accepted. The correct name,
therefore, remains Swainsona formosa
Nomenclatural Synonyms:
Willdampia formosa (G.Don) A.S.George ; George,
A.S. (1999) Willdampia, a new generic name for Sturt Pea..
The Western Australian Naturalist 22(3): 191
