Gastrolobium rigidum explained

Gastrolobium rigidum (common name rigid-leaf poison)^[1] is a small bushy shrub in the pea family (Fabaceae), native to Western Australia.

It was first described as Oxylobium rigidum by Charles Gardner in 1964.^[2] It was transferred to the genus, Gastrolobium in 1987 by Michael Crisp and Peter Weston.^[3]

Etymology

The specific epithet, rigidum, is a Latin adjective derived from the verb, rigidere ("to be stiff") and describes the plant as being "stiff", or "inflexible".^[4]

External links

• Gastrolobium rigidum occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium

Notes and References

1. Aplin. T.E.H.. 1973. Poison plants of Western Australia : the toxic species of the genus Gastrolobium and Oxylobium. Bulletin 3772. Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia, Perth.
2. Gardner, C.A. . 1964. Contributiones Florae Australiae Occidentalis, XIII. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 47. 2. 59.
3. Crisp, M.D. & Weston, P.H.. Stirton, C.H.. 1987. Cladistics and Legume Systematics, with an analysis of the Bossiaeeae, Brongniartieae and Mirbelieae. Advances in Legume Systematics . 3. 130.
4. Web site: rigidus,-a,-um. 2020-08-29. www.plantillustrations.org.