Neptunia dimorphantha
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Neptunia dimorphantha, commonly known as Sensitive Plant, is a trailing perennial plant
from Australia
in the legume family Fabaceae
. It produces yellow flowers between July and November.
The species was first formally described by Czech botanist Karel Domin
in 1930 in Bibliotheca Botanica
, based on a collection in Queensland
.
Perennial plant
A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives for more than two years. The term is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter lived annuals and biennials. The term is sometimes misused by commercial gardeners or horticulturalists to describe only herbaceous perennials...
from Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
in the legume family Fabaceae
Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large and economically important family of flowering plants. The group is the third largest land plant family, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with 730 genera and over 19,400 species...
. It produces yellow flowers between July and November.
The species was first formally described by Czech botanist Karel Domin
Karel Domin
Karel Domin was a Czech botanist and politician.After gymnasium school studies in Příbram, he studied botany at the Charles University in Prague, and graduated in 1906. In 1916 he was named as professor of botany. Domin specialised in phytogeography, geobotany and plant taxonomy...
in 1930 in Bibliotheca Botanica
Bibliotheca Botanica
Bibliotheca Botanica was written by Swedish botanist, physician, zoologist and naturalist Carl Linnaeus . The book was written and published in Amsterdam when Linnaeus was twenty-eight and dedicated to the botanist Johannes Burman...
, based on a collection in Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
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