Pearsonia
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Pearsonia is an African plant genus of some 12 species belonging to the family Fabaceae
and occurring south of the equator with 1 species found on Madagascar
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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
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This genus belongs to the tribe Crotalarieae
and is closely related to Lebeckia
, Crotalaria
and Lotononis
. It commemorates the South African botanist Henry Harold Welch Pearson
.
Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large and economically important family of flowering plants. The group is the third largest land plant family, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with 730 genera and over 19,400 species...
and occurring south of the equator with 1 species found on Madagascar
Madagascar
The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
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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
Raceme
A raceme is a type of inflorescence that is unbranched and indeterminate and bears pedicellate flowers — flowers having short floral stalks called pedicels — along the axis. In botany, axis means a shoot, in this case one bearing the flowers. In a raceme, the oldest flowers are borne...
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This genus belongs to the tribe Crotalarieae
Crotalarieae
Crotalarieae is a tribe of flowering plants belonging to the bean family Fabaceae. It includes the following genera:* Aspalathus L.* Bolusia Benth.* Calobota Eckl. & Zeyh.* Crotalaria L.* Lebeckia Thunb.* Lotononis Eckl...
and is closely related to Lebeckia
Lebeckia
Lebeckia is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family.It contains the following species:* Lebeckia brevicarpa* Lebeckia brevipes* Lebeckia candolleana* Lebeckia contaminata* Lebeckia dinteri* Lebeckia pauciflora...
, Crotalaria
Crotalaria
Crotalaria is a genus of herbaceous plants and woody shrubs in the Family Fabaceae commonly known as rattlepods. Some 600 or more species of Crotalaria are described worldwide, mostly from the tropics; at least 500 species are known from Africa. Some species of Crotalaria are grown as ornamentals...
and Lotononis
Lotononis
Lotononis is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family and in the Crotalarieae tribe. This is a partial list of species that belong to the genus:* Lotononis adpressa N. E. Br.* Lotononis angolensis Welw. ex Baker...
. It commemorates the South African botanist Henry Harold Welch Pearson
Henry Harold Welch Pearson
Henry Harold Welch Pearson , was a British-born South African botanist, chiefly remembered for founding Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in 1913....
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Species
- Pearsonia aristata (Schinz) Dummer
- Pearsonia bracteata (Benth.) Polhill
- Pearsonia cajanifolia (Harv.) Polhill
- Pearsonia callistoma Campb.-Young & K.Balkwill
- Pearsonia flava (Baker f.) Polhill
- Pearsonia grandifolia (Bolus) Polhill
- Pearsonia madagascariensis (R. Vig.) Polhill
- Pearsonia mesopontica Polhill
- Pearsonia metallifera Wild
- Pearsonia obovata (Schinz) Polhill
- Pearsonia sessilifolia (Harv.) Dummer subsp. marginata (Schinz)Polhill
- Pearsonia uniflora (Kensit) Polhill