Pearsonia Explained

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.^[1] The name of this genus commemorates the South African botanist Henry Harold Welch Pearson.

Species

Pearsonia comprises the following species:^{[2] [3] [4]}

• Pearsonia aristata (Schinz) Dummer

• Pearsonia bracteata (Benth.) Polhill
• Pearsonia cajanifolia (Harv.) Polhill
  • subsp. cajanifolia (Harv.) Polhill
  • subsp. cryptantha (Baker) Polhill
• Pearsonia callistoma Campb.-Young & K.Balkwill

• Pearsonia flava (Baker f.) Polhill
• Pearsonia grandifolia (Bolus) Polhill
  • subsp. grandifolia (Bolus) Polhill
  • subsp. latibracteolata (Dummer) Polhill

• Pearsonia hirsuta Germish.
• Pearsonia madagascariensis (R. Vig.) Polhill

• Pearsonia mesopontica Polhill
• Pearsonia metallifera Wild

• Pearsonia obovata (Schinz) Polhill

• Pearsonia sessilifolia (Harv.) Dummer
  • subsp. filifolia (Bolus)Polhill
  • subsp. marginata (Schinz) Polhill
  • subsp. sessilifolia (Harv.) Dummer

• Pearsonia uniflora (Kensit) Polhill

External links

• Pearsonia sessilifolia
• Pearsonia metallifera Wild
• Pearsonia metallifera Wild

Notes and References

1. Book: Phillips EP . Edwin Percy Phillips . 1951 . The Genera of South African Flowering Plants . Botanical Survey memoir . 25 . 2nd . Cape Town, South Africa . Cape Times Ltd., Govt. Printers . 923 .
2. Campbell-Young GJ, Balkwill K . 2000 . A new species of Pearsonia (Fabaceae) from dolomites in Northern Province, South Africa . . 20 . 5 . 547–555 . 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2000.tb01602.x .
3. Web site: ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Pearsonia . . International Legume Database & Information Service . Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics . 11 March 2014 .
4. Web site: GRIN species records of Pearsonia . USDA . USDA . ARS . Agricultural Research Service . National Genetic Resources Program . Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database] . National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland . 11 March 2014 .