Gastrolobium ( lat. Gastrolobium ) is a genus of plants of the legume family ( Fabaceae ), which includes more than 100 species [3] growing in Australia . The vast majority of species are endemic to the state of Western Australia , only two species are found in northern and central Australia.
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Gastrolobium celsianum |
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Gastrolobium R. Br. , 1811 |
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- Burgesia F. Muell .
- Cupulanthus Hutch.
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Gastrolobium bilobum R.Br. [2] |
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A significant number of species of the genus accumulate sodium fluoroacetate ( English Sodium fluoroacetate ) - a key component of the poison , known under the general name "1080", which caused the death of acclimatized animals in the 40s of the XIX century in Western Australia.
In the 30s and 40s of the 20th century, Charles Gardner and did an important job of identifying other types of gastrolobium in Western Australia. As a result of the work done in 1956, the publication The Toxic Plants of Western Australia was published.
Some species from the genera Jansonia , Nemcia, and Brachysema were included in the genus Gastrolobium as a result of the publication of Chandler's monograph in 2002. Also, since the description in the 40s of the XIX century, some species were initially assigned to the genus Gastrolobium , then to Oxylobium , and then returned to Gastrolobium .
In Jules Verne ’s novel, Captain Grant ’s Children , animals will die from the feed of the Gastrolobium grandiflorum .
