Chorizema

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Mirbelieae
Genus: Chorizema
Sectiones: C. sect. Aciphyllum – C. sect. Chorizema – C. sect. Hirtistylis – C. sect. Orthotropis – C. sect. Parviflores
Species: C. aciculare – C. carinatum – C. circinale – C. cordatum – C. cytisoides – C. dicksonii – C. diversifolium – C. genistoides – C. glycinifolium – C. humile – C. ilicifolium – C. nanum – C. nervosum – C. obtusifolium – C. parviflorum – C. racemosum – C. reticulatum – C. retrorsum – C. rhombeum – C. rhynchotropis – C. spathulatum – C. trigonum – C. ulotropis – C. uncinatum – C. varium

C. cordatum - - C. dicksonii - - C. ilicifolium - - C. parviflorum - C. varium

Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Chorizema in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 09. Reference page.

Name

Chorizema Labill., Voyage Pérouse 1: 404. t. 21. 1800.

Type species: Chorizema ilicifolium Labill.

Synonyms

Homotypic
Chorozema Sm., orth. var.
Choryzema Bosc, orth. var.
Chorisema Fisch., orth. var.
Chorosema Brongn., orth. var.

Heterotypic
Orthotropis Benth. ex Lindl., Sketch Veg. Swan River Colony xvi. 1839.
Type species: Orthotropis pungens Benth. ex Lindl.
Aciphyllum Steud.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Australasia
Regional: Australia
New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia
Introduced into:
India

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Labillardière, J.J.H. de 1800. Vol. 1. Voyage in search of La Pérouse : performed by order of the Constituent Assembly, during the years 1791, 1792, 1793, and 1794. 464 pp. London. BHL Reference page. : 1: 404. t. 21.

Additional references

Taylor J.M. & Crisp M.D., (1992) A revision of Chorizema Leguminosae Mirbelieae. Australian Systematic Botany 5 (3): 249–335.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Chorizema in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 09. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Chorizema. Published online. Accessed: Mar 09 2021. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2021. Chorizema. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 Mar 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Chorizema. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 09. Reference page.

Vernacular names
čeština: Chorizéma
русский: Хоризема

Chorizema, commonly known as flame peas,[3] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Australia.
Description

Plants in the genus Chorizema are mostly shrubs or subshrubs, sometimes climbers, usually with simple leaves arranged in opposite pairs, the flowers usually arranged in racemes, each flower on a short pedicel. The sepal lobes are more or less equal, the upper pair broader and partly joined, the standard petal more or less round or kidney-shaped, the wings oblong and much longer than the keel. The fruit is an oval pod containing 4 to 32 seeds.[3][4][5]
Taxonomy

The genus Chorizema was first formally described in 1800 by Jacques Labillardière in his Relation du Voyage à la Recherche de la Pérouse, and the first species he described (the type species) was Chorizema ilicifolium.[6][7] The genus name (Chorizema) means "divided thread", Labillardière having noted that the stamens are separate from each other.[8]
Distribution

Flame peas are endemic to the south-west of Western Australia, apart from C. parviflorum that occurs in New South Wales and Queensland.[3][9]
Use in horticulture

This genus of peas is valued in cultivation for their colourful flowers. Most species do not tolerate frost, and in temperate regions require the protection of glass.[10]
Species list

The following species and subspecies are accepted by the Australian Plant Census as of June 2020:[1]

Chorizema aciculare (DC.) C.A.Gardner
Chorizema aciculare (DC.) C.A.Gardner subsp. aciculare
Chorizema aciculare subsp. laxum J.M.Taylor & Crisp
Chorizema carinatum (Meisn.) J.M.Taylor & Crisp
Chorizema circinale J.M.Taylor & Crisp
Chorizema cordatum Lindl.
Chorizema cytisoides Turcz.
Chorizema dicksonii Graham
Chorizema diversifolium A.DC.
Chorizema genistoides (Meisn.) C.A.Gardner
Chorizema glycinifolium (Sm.) Druce
Chorizema humile Turcz.
Chorizema ilicifolium Labill.
Chorizema nanum (Andrews) Sims
Chorizema nervosum T.Moore
Chorizema obtusifolium (Sweet) J.M.Taylor & Crisp
Chorizema parviflorum Benth.
Chorizema racemosum (Meisn.) J.M.Taylor & Crisp
Chorizema reticulatum Meisn.
Chorizema retrorsum J.M.Taylor & Crisp
Chorizema rhombeum R.Br.
Chorizema rhynchotropis Meisn.
Chorizema spathulatum (Meisn.) J.M.Taylor & Crisp
Chorizema trigonum Turcz.
Chorizema ulotropis J.M.Taylor & Crisp
Chorizema uncinatum C.R.P.Andrews
Chorizema varium Paxton

Hybrids

The following hybrids have been described:[11]

Chorizema ×lowii Hort. ex Rev.

References

"Chorizema". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
"Chorizema Labill". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
Carrick, Margaret G.; Fuhrer, Bruce A. (2009). Wildflowers of Southern Western Australia (3rd ed.). Dural, N.S.W.: Rosenberg Publishing. pp. 58–59. ISBN 9781877058844.
Wiecek, Barbara. "Genus Chorizema". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
"Chorizema". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
"Chorizema". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
Jacques, Labillardière (1800). Relation du Voyage a la Recherche de la Perouse. Vol. 1. Paris. p. 21. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 69. ISBN 9780958034180.
"Chorizema parviflorum". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
"The Plant List entry for Chorizema". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2017.