Pearsonia
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Pearsonia is a genus of 12 species of plants belonging to the family Fabaceae and occurring in Africa south of the equator with 1 species found on Madagascar. The species are usually herbs or shrublets with woody rootstocks. Leaves are usually sessile and 3-foliolate. The inflorescence is a congested or lax terminal raceme.[1] The name of this genus commemorates the South African botanist Henry Harold Welch Pearson.
Species
Pearsonia comprises the following species:[2][3][4][5]
- Pearsonia aristata (Schinz) Dummer
- Pearsonia bracteata (Benth.) Polhill
- Pearsonia cajanifolia (Harv.) Polhill
- subsp. cajanifolia (Harv.) Polhill
- subsp. cryptantha (Baker) Polhill
- Pearsonia callistoma Campb.-Young & K.Balkwill
- Pearsonia flava (Baker f.) Polhill
- Pearsonia grandifolia (Bolus) Polhill
- subsp. grandifolia (Bolus) Polhill
- subsp. latibracteolata (Dummer) Polhill
- Pearsonia hirsuta Germish.
- Pearsonia madagascariensis (R. Vig.) Polhill
- Pearsonia mesopontica Polhill
- Pearsonia metallifera Wild
- Pearsonia obovata (Schinz) Polhill
- Pearsonia sessilifolia (Harv.) Dummer
- subsp. filifolia (Bolus)Polhill
- subsp. marginata (Schinz) Polhill
- subsp. sessilifolia (Harv.) Dummer
- Pearsonia uniflora (Kensit) Polhill
References
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External links
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- Pearsonia metallifera Wild
- Pearsonia metallifera Wild