Pearsonia
| Pearsonia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Crotalarieae[1][2] |
| Genus: | Pearsonia Dümmer |
| Species | |
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Pearsonia is an African plant genus of some 12 species belonging to the family Fabaceae and occurring 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.[3] The name of this genus commemorates the South African botanist Henry Harold Welch Pearson.
Species
Pearsonia comprises the following species:[4][5][6]
- 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
- ↑ Boatwright JS, le Roux MM, Wink M, Morozova T, Van Wyk B-E. (2008). "Phylogenetic relationships of tribe Crotalarieae (Fabaceae) inferred from DNA sequences and morphology". Syst Bot 33 (4): 752–761. doi:10.1600/036364408786500271. JSTOR 40211942.
- ↑ Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wyk B-E, Wojciechowski MF, Lavin M. (2013). "Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes". S Afr J Bot 89: 58–75. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001.
- ↑ Phillips EP. (1951). The Genera of South African Flowering Plants. Botanical Survey memoir 25 (2 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.