Chorizema retrorsum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a trailing or erect to climbing shrub that typically grows to a height of 3 m (9.8 ft) high. It has orange-red, yellow and pink flowers from August to December.[2]
| Chorizema retrorsum | |
|---|---|
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| Near Walpole | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Chorizema |
| Species: | C. retrorsum
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| Binomial name | |
| Chorizema retrorsum | |
It was first formally described in 1992 by Joan Taylor and Michael Crisp in the journal Australian Systematic Botany, from specimens collected between Walpole and Denmark.[3]
Chorizema retrorsum grows in a range of soils from near Bunbury to Albany in the Jarrah Forest and Warren bioregions of southern Western Australia.[2] The specific epithet (retrorsum) means "turned back", referring to the teeth on the leaf edges".[4]
References
edit- ^ "Chorizema retrorsum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Chorizema retrorsum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Chorizema retrorsum". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 294. ISBN 9780958034180.
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