Listia (plant) explained

Listia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae and the tribe Crotalarieae. Members of this genus are mainly found in southern Africa but some species can be found in central Africa. It was recently segregated from the genus Lotononis. Unlike other members of the Crotalarieae, members of the genus Listia have lupinoid root nodules.

The genus name of Listia is in honour of Friedrich Ludwig List (1779-1837), who was a German botanist and teacher.^[1]

The genus was circumscribed by Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer in Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. (Meyer) page 80 in 1835.

Species

As accepted by Kew:^[2]

• Listia angolensis (Welw. ex Bak.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
• Listia bainesii (Bak.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
• Listia heterophylla (E. Mey.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
• Listia marlothii (Engl.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
• Listia minima (B.-E. van Wyk) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
• Listia solitudinis (Dümmer) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
• Listia subulata (B.-E. van Wyk) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.

Notes and References

1. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . January 27, 2022.
2. Web site: Listia E.Mey. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 29 June 2022 . en.