Lessertia (plant)

Lessertia
Lessertia montana
Scientific classification
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]

• 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 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. 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.

Data related to Lessertia (Fabaceae) at Wikispecies