Pearsonia | |
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Pearsonia cajanifolia | |
Scientific classification
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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] | |
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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 comprises the following species: [1] [3] [4] [5]