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''Swainsona formosa'', Sturt's Desert Pea, is an Australian plant in the genus ''Swainsona'', named after English botanist Isaac Swainson, famous for its distinctive blood-red leaf-like flowers, each with a bulbous black centre, or "boss". It is one of Australia's best known wildflowers. It is native to the arid regions of central and north-western Australia, and its range extends into all mainland Australian states with the exception of Victoria. ==Taxonomy and naming== Specimens of Sturt's desert pea were first collected by William Dampier who recorded his first sighting on 22 August 1699. These specimens are today in the Fielding-Druce Herbarium at Oxford University in England.〔Symon D and M Jusaitis (2007). Sturt Pea - a most splendid plant. Board of the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium, Adelaide. 152 pp.〕 The taxonomy of Sturt's desert pea has been changed on a number of occasions. It was initially treated in the 18th century in the genus ''Clianthus'' as ''Clianthus dampieri'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sturt's Desert Pea )〕 and later became more widely known as ''Clianthus formosus'' (''formosus'' is Latin for "beautiful"). However it was later reclassified under the genus ''Swainsona'' as ''Swainsona formosa'', the name by which it is officially known today.〔 A further reclassification to ''Willdampia formosa'' was proposed in the publication ''Western Australian Naturalist'' in 1999; however this proposal was rejected by the scientific community in 2000. The common name honours Charles Sturt, who recorded seeing large quantities of the flowers while exploring central Australia in 1844; the second version of the scientific name honours the naturalist Isaac Swainson, and the third (rejected) version of the scientific name was intended to honour the explorer William Dampier. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Swainsona formosa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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