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
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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

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Pearsonia comprises the following species:[1][3][4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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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