''Pearsonia'' is a genus of 12 species of plants belonging to the family
and occurring in Africa south of the equator with 1 species found on
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
. 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
A raceme ( or ) or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots that bear the flowers. The oldest flowers grow close to the base and new flowers are produced as the s ...
. The name of this genus commemorates the South African botanist
Henry Harold Welch Pearson
Henry Harold Welch Pearson (28 January 1870 – 3 November 1916) was a British-born South African botanist, chiefly remembered for founding Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in 1913.
Biography
Pearson started his career as a chemist's ...
.
Species
''Pearsonia'' comprises the following species:
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Pearsonia aristata''
(Schinz) Dummer
* ''
Pearsonia bracteata''
(Benth.) Polhill
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Pearsonia cajanifolia
''Pearsonia cajanifolia'' is a South African shrublet belonging to the family of Fabaceae, and one of 13 species in the genus, usually herbs or shrublets with woody rootstocks and all occurring in Africa south of the equator with the exception of ...
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(Harv.) Polhill
** subsp. ''cajanifolia''
(Harv.) Polhill
** subsp. ''cryptantha''
(Baker) Polhill
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Pearsonia callistoma
''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 usual ...
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Campb.-Young & K.Balkwill
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Pearsonia flava
''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 usual ...
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(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
External links
''Pearsonia sessilifolia''''Pearsonia metallifera'' Wild''Pearsonia metallifera'' Wild
Crotalarieae
Fabaceae genera
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