Podalyria Explained
Podalyria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 17 species of small trees or shrubs native to the Cape Provinces, Free State, and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. They inhabit Mediterranean-climate shrubland (fynbos and forest margins) from low to high elevations, typically in rocky or sandy areas. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. The genus is endemic to South Africa.[1]
Species
Podalyria comprises the following species:[2] [3] [4]
- Podalyria biflora (L.) Lam.
- Podalyria hirsuta (Aiton) Willd.[5]
- Podalyria leipoldtii L.Bolus ex A.L.Schutte
- Podalyria microphylla E.Mey.
- Podalyria myrtillifolia (Retz.) Willd.
- Podalyria oleifolia Salisb.
- Podalyria orbicularis (E.Mey.) Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Podalyria pearsonii E.Phillips
- Podalyria sericea (Andrews) R.Br.
- Podalyria variabilis A.L.Schutte
Notes and References
- Schutte-Vlok, A. & B. van Wyk. 2011. A taxonomic revision of Podalyria (Fabaceae). Systematic Botany 36(3) 631-60.
- Book: Van Wyk BE, Schutte AL . 1995 . Phylogenetic relationships in the tribes Podalyrieae, Liparieae and Crotalarieae . Crisp MD, Doyle JJ . Advances in Legume Systematics, Part 7: Phylogeny . http://www.kewbooks.com/asps/ShowDetails.asp?id=81 . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 283–308 . 978-0947643799 .
- Web site: ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Podalyria . . International Legume Database & Information Service . Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics . 26 February 2014 .
- Web site: GRIN species records of Podalyria . USDA . USDA . ARS . Agricultural Research Service . National Genetic Resources Program . Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database] . National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland . 26 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924124225/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?9616 . 24 September 2015 . dead .
- Some sources treat Podalyria hirsuta as a synonym of Podalyria cordata.
