3657.010 Pearsonia Dummer

PHAENHOFFMANNIA O. Kuntze

Martins, E.S. et al. (2003) Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7)

Description of the genus

Perennial herbs or small shrubs. Leaves digitately 3-foliolate. Inflorescence a raceme or a solitary flower, terminal or leaf-opposed. Standard yellow or white with purplish markings. Anthers elongate; 4 basifixed, 6 attached a little higher. Style nearly straight or pointed downwards. Pod linear-oblong to elliptic, 1-many-seeded.

Worldwide: 12 species in tropical and South Africa and Madagascar

Zimbabwe: 6 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
aristata (Schinz) Dummer	E	Description, Image
cajanifolia (Harv.) Polhill subsp. cryptantha (Baker) Polhill	W,C,E
grandifolia (Bolus) Polhill subsp. latibracteolata (Dummer) Polhill	E	Description, Image
mesopontica Polhill[NrEnd]	E	Description, Image
metallifera Wild[End][LR-lc]	N,C	Description, Image
sessilifolia (Harv.) Dummer subsp. sessilifolia	C,E

Other sources of information about Pearsonia:

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Flora of Malawi: Pearsonia
Flora of Mozambique: Pearsonia
Flora of Zambia: Pearsonia

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Pearsonia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Pearsonia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Pearsonia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Pearsonia
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iNaturalist: Pearsonia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pearsonia
JSTOR Plant Science: Pearsonia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Pearsonia
Plants of the World Online: Pearsonia
Tropicos: Pearsonia
Wikipedia: Pearsonia