Lessertia (plant)

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Lessertia
Lessertia montana (6015077608).jpg
Lessertia montana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
(unranked):
Order:
Family:
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Subtribe:
Astragalinae
Genus:
Lessertia

DC.
Type species
[1]
(Jacq.) DC.

See text

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

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]

Species list[]

Selected species include:

  • Lessertia frutescens

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.

Data related to Lessertia (Fabaceae) at Wikispecies


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