Lessertia (plant)

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Lessertia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Galegeae
Subtribe: Astragalinae
Genus: Lessertia
DC. (1802)
Type species
Lessertia perennans [1]
(Jacq.) DC.
Species [2]

62; see text

Synonyms [2]
  • ColuteastrumHeist. ex Fabr. (1763)
  • ColutiaMedik. (1787)
  • SulitraMedik. (1787)
  • SutherlandiaR.Br. ex W.T.Aiton (1812), nom. cons.

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]

Species

162 species are accepted: [2]

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References

  1. Balkwill MJ, Balkwill K (1999). "The genus LessertiaDC. (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. 1 2 3 4 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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