Lessertia (plant)

Lessertia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. The genus contains some 55 species and belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.[2]

Lessertia
Lessertia montana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Lessertia
DC.
Type species
Lesserlia perennans[1]
(Jacq.) DC.
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Coluteastrum Heist. ex Fabr.
  • Sulitra Medik.
  • Sutherlandia R. Br.

Species list

Selected species include:

  • Lessertia affinis
  • Lessertia annularis
  • Lessertia benguellensis
  • Lessertia brachypus
  • Lessertia brachystachya
  • Lessertia capitata
  • Lessertia depressa
  • Lessertia diffusa
  • Lessertia emarginata
  • Lessertia excisa
  • Lessertia falciformis
  • Lessertia frutescens
  • Lessertia harveyana
  • Lessertia herbacea
  • Lessertia incana
  • Lessertia inflata
  • Lessertia macrostachya
  • Lessertia microphylla
  • Lessertia pauciflora
  • Lessertia perennans
  • Lessertia rigida
  • Lessertia spinescens
  • Lessertia stenoloba
  • Lessertia stricta
  • Lessertia thodei

References

  1. Balkwill M-J, Balkwill K. (1999). "The genus Lessertia DC. (Fabaceae-Galegeae) in KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)". S. Afr. J. Bot. 65 (5–6): 339–356. doi:10.1016/S0254-6299(15)31021-8.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. Manning, John (2008). Field Guide to Fynbos. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. ISBN 978-1-77007-265-7.


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