Glycine clandestina
| Twining glycine | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Glycine |
| Subgenus: | Glycine subg. Glycine |
| Species: | G. clandestina |
| Binomial name | |
| Glycine clandestina | |
Glycine clandestina commonly known as twining glycine,[2] is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It has green leaves with three leaflets, mauve pea flowers and grows in Tasmania and eastern states of Australia.
Description
Glycine clandestina is a slender, twining climber, stems up to 50 cm (20 in) long covered in soft hairs, winding over grasses and taller shrubs. Leaves consist of three, variable sized, linear-shaped leaflets, 12–50 mm (0.47–1.97 in) long, 2–8 mm (0.079–0.315 in) wide and occasional appressed hairs, apex rounded or pointed. Flowers are borne in leaf axils on long stalks, mauve, pale blue or pink, pea-shaped, petals to 1 cm (0.39 in) long. Flowering may occur anytime of the year and fruit is an oblong, straight, flattened pod with short hairs, up to 4 cm (1.6 in) long and 2.5–4 mm (0.098–0.157 in) wide containing 4-12 seeds.[3][4][5]
Taxonomy and naming
Glycine clandestina was first formally described in 1798 by Johann Christoph Wendland and the description was published in Botanische Beobachtungen: nebst einigen neuen Gattungen und Arten.[6][7]The specific epithet (clandestina) means "concealed, hidden".[8]
Distribution and habitat
Twining glycine grows in woodland, forests and ranges in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania.[3][9]
References
- ↑ "Glycine clandestina". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ↑ "Glycine clandestina". VICFLORA-Flora of Victoria. Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- 1 2 Sharp, Sarah; Rehwinkel, Rainer; Mallinson, Dave; Eddy, David (2015). Woodland Flora a Field Guide for the Southern Tableland (NSW & ACT). Canberra: Horizons Print Management. ISBN 9780994495808.
- ↑ "Glycine clandestina". VICFLORA-Flora of Victoria. Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
- ↑ Pfell, B.E; Tindale, M.D. "Glycine clandestina". PlantNET-New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
- ↑ "Glycine clandestina". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
- ↑ Wendland, J.C. (1798). Botanische Beobachtungen: nebst einigen neuen Gattungen und Arten. Hanover. p. 54. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
- ↑ Perrin, Don (2018). Dictionary of Botanical Names (2nd ed.). Queensland: J T Press. p. 168. ISBN 9780648358701.
- ↑ "Glycine clandestina". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 29 March 2026.