''Lessertia'' is a genus of
flowering plant
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s in the
legume
A legume () is a plant in the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seed of such a plant. When used as a dry grain, the seed is also called a pulse. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consumption, for livestock f ...
family,
. The
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
contains some 55 species and belongs to the
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...
Faboideae
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is Papilionoideae, or Papilionaceae when this group of plants is treated as a family.
This subfamily is wide ...
.
Species list
Selected species include:
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Lessertia affinis''
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Lessertia annularis''
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Lessertia benguellensis''
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Lessertia brachypus''
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Lessertia brachystachya''
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Lessertia capitata''
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Lessertia depressa''
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Lessertia diffusa''
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Lessertia emarginata''
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Lessertia excisa''
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Lessertia falciformis''
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Lessertia frutescens
''Sutherlandia frutescens'' (cancer bush, balloon pea, sutherlandia, phetola ("it changes") in seTswana, and insiswa ("the one that drives away the darkness") in isiZulu; syn. ''Colutea frutescens'' L., ''Lessertia frutescens'' (L.) Goldblatt & ...
''
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Lessertia harveyana''
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Lessertia herbacea''
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Lessertia incana''
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Lessertia inflata''
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Lessertia macrostachya''
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Lessertia microphylla''
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Lessertia pauciflora''
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Lessertia perennans''
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Lessertia rigida''
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Lessertia spinescens''
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Lessertia stenoloba''
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Lessertia stricta''
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Lessertia thodei''
References
Galegeae
Fabaceae genera
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