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.[2] The name of this genus commemorates the South African botanist Henry Harold Welch Pearson.
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| Pearsonia cajanifolia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Crotalarieae |
| Genus: | Pearsonia Dümmer (1912) |
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Species
editPearsonia comprises the following species:[1][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
edit- ^ a b Pearsonia Dümmer Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Pearsonia". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ^ 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.
External links
edit- Pearsonia sessilifolia Archived 2011-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
- Pearsonia metallifera Wild
- Pearsonia metallifera Wild
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