Taxon:  Clianthus formosus (G. Don) Ford & Vickery



Summary
Genus:
Clianthus
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Galegeae
Subtribe:
Astragalinae
Nomen number:
10911
Place of publication:
Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb. 1:302.  1950
Verified:
06/17/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
9 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Australian Systematic Botany Society. 1981. Flora of central Australia.
  2. Burbidge, N. T. 1963. Dictionary of Australian plant genera. 74.
  3. Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage
  4. Green, J. W. 1985. Census of the vascular plants of Western Australia
  5. Greuter, W. et al., eds. 2000. International code of botanical nomenclature (Saint Louis Code) Art. 11.5, Ex. 21.
  6. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  7. Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. 1986. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4.
  8. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  9. National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
  10. Thompson, J. 1990. New species and new combinations in the genus Swainsona (Fabaceae) in New South Wales. Telopea 4:4.
  11. Thompson, J. 1993. A revision of the genus Swainsona (Fabaceae). Telopea 5:469.
Common names
Distribution

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=10911. Accessed 12 May 2026.