Lessertia (plant)

Lessertia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It contains some 62 species native to eastern and southern Africa.[2] It belongs to subfamily Faboideae.[3]

Lessertia
Lessertia montana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Lessertia
DC. (1802)
Type species
Lessertia perennans[1]
(Jacq.) DC.
Species[2]

62; see text

Synonyms[2]
  • Coluteastrum Heist. ex Fabr. (1763)
  • Colutia Medik. (1787)
  • Sulitra Medik. (1787)
  • Sutherlandia R.Br. ex W.T.Aiton (1812), nom. cons.

Species

162 species are accepted:[2]

  • Lessertia acanthorhachis (Dinter) Dinter
  • Lessertia affinis Burrt Davy
  • Lessertia amajubica Nkonki
  • Lessertia annularis Burch.
  • Lessertia benguellensis Baker
  • Lessertia brachypus Harv.
  • Lessertia brachystachya DC.
  • Lessertia candida E.Mey.
  • Lessertia canescens Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Lessertia capensis (P.J.Bergius) Druce
  • Lessertia capitata E.Mey.
  • Lessertia carnosa Eckl. & Zeyh.
  • Lessertia contracta M.Balkwill
  • Lessertia cryptantha Dinter
  • Lessertia depressa Harv.
  • Lessertia diffusa R.Br.
  • Lessertia distans Burtt Davy
  • Lessertia dykei L.Bolus
  • Lessertia emarginata Schinz
  • Lessertia excisa (Thunb.) DC.
  • Lessertia falciformis DC.
  • Lessertia frutescens (L.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Lessertia fruticosa Lindl.
  • Lessertia glabricaulis L.Bolus
  • Lessertia globosa L.Bolus
  • Lessertia harveyana L.Bolus
  • Lessertia herbacea (L.) Druce
  • Lessertia humilis (E.Phillips & R.A.Dyer) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Lessertia incana Schinz
  • Lessertia inflata Harv.
  • Lessertia ingeliensis M.Balkwill
  • Lessertia kensitii L.Bolus
  • Lessertia lanata Harv.
  • Lessertia macroflora M.Balkwill
  • Lessertia macrostachya DC.
  • Lessertia margaritacea E.Mey.
  • Lessertia meyeri Boatwr., Nkonki & B.-E.van Wyk
  • Lessertia microcarpa E.Mey.
  • Lessertia miniata T.M.Salter
  • Lessertia montana (E.Phillips & R.A.Dyer) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
  • Lessertia mossii R.G.N.Young
  • Lessertia nana R.G.N.Young
  • Lessertia obtusata (Thunb.) DC.
  • Lessertia pappeana Harv.
  • Lessertia pauciflora Harv.
  • Lessertia perennans (Jacq.) DC.
  • Lessertia phillipsiana Burtt Davy
  • Lessertia physodes Eckl. & Zeyh.
  • Lessertia prostrata (Thunb.) DC.
  • Lessertia rigida (Thunb.) DC.
  • Lessertia sneeuwbergensis Germish.
  • Lessertia spinescens E.Mey.
  • Lessertia stricta Bolus
  • Lessertia subumbellata Harv.
  • Lessertia tenuifolia E.Mey.
  • Lessertia thodei L.Bolus
  • Lessertia tomentosa (Thunb.) DC.
  • Lessertia uniflora B.-E.van Wyk
  • Lessertia villosa E.Mey.

References
  1. Balkwill MJ, Balkwill K (1999). "The genus Lessertia DC. (Fabaceae-Galegeae) in KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)". S. Afr. J. Bot. 65 (5–6): 339–356. doi:10.1016/S0254-6299(15)31021-8.
  2. Lessertia DC. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  3. Manning, John (2008). Field Guide to Fynbos. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. ISBN 978-1-77007-265-7.

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