Pearsonia

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.

Pearsonia
Pearsonia cajanifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Crotalarieae
Genus: Pearsonia
Dümmer (1912)
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Edbakeria R.Vig. (1948 publ. 1949)
  • Gamwellia Baker f. (1935)
  • Phaenohoffmannia Kuntze (1891)
  • Pleiospora Harv. (1859)

Species

Pearsonia 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
  1. Pearsonia Dümmer Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Pearsonia". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  5. 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.
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