Pearsonia

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.

Pearsonia
Pearsonia cajanifolia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Crotalarieae
Genus: Pearsonia
Dümmer
Species

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Synonyms
  • Edbakeria R.Vig.
  • Phaenohoffmannia Kuntze
  • Pleiospora Harv.

Species

Pearsonia comprises the following species:[2][3][4]

  • 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
  1. Phillips EP (1951). The Genera of South African Flowering Plants. Botanical Survey memoir. Vol. 25 (2nd ed.). Cape Town, South Africa: Cape Times Ltd., Govt. Printers. p. 923.
  2. Campbell-Young GJ, Balkwill K (2000). "A new species of Pearsonia (Fabaceae) from dolomites in Northern Province, South Africa". Nord J Bot. 20 (5): 547–555. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.2000.tb01602.x.
  3. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Pearsonia". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  4. USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Pearsonia". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 11 March 2014.


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