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Flemingia macrophylla

Three-leaflet Flemingia

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Three-leaflet Flemingia

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Inida - Malesia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised? (?Mangaia); Land, lowlands, gardens

KEY FEATURES: Shrub to 3.5m. STEMS ridged, hairy. LEAVES 3-leaflets (=trifoliolate); LEAFLETS oval to long-oval, to 15x7cm, laterals symmetrical, tips drawn-out. FLOWERS on axial stalk to 7cm; flowers pink to purple, to 12mm long, initially covered by a small papery bract. FRUIT oblong 15x7mm, short hairs. SEEDS black, 3mm.

SIMILAR SPECIES: See under Paper-flower Flemingia (Flemingia strobilifera).

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea: Present
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
+	P						-	-

Northern Group: -
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
-	-	-	-	-	-

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Flemingia macrophylla (Willd.)
SYNONYMS: Crotalaria macrophylla; Moghania macrophylla

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ROSIDAE; Fabales (Legumes); FABACEAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: fieldspecimen, 2000, Totokoitu Station, ID Sykes.

References:
p.3/254 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM04b, zD02, zupD04a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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