Lessertia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Galegeae
Genus: Lessertia

Species: L. acanthorhachis – L. affinis – L. amajubica – L. annularis – L. benguellensis – L. brachypus – L. brachystachya – L. candida – L. canescens – L. capensis – L. capitata – L. carnosa – L. contracta – L. cryptantha – L. depressa – L. diffusa – L. distans – L. dykei – L. emarginata – L. eremicola – L. excisa – L. falciformis – L. flanaganii – L. flexuosa – L. frutescens – L. fruticosa – L. globosa – L. harveyana – L. herbacea – L. humilis – L. incana – L. inflata – L. ingeliensis – L. kensitii – L. lanata – L. macroflora – L. macrostachya – L. margaritacea – L. meyeri – L. microcarpa – L. miniata – L. montana – L. mossii – L. nana – L. obtusata – L. pappeana – L. pauciflora – L. perennans – L. phillipsiana – L. physodes – L. procumbens – L. prostrata – L. rigida – L. sneeuwbergensis – L. spinescens – L. stricta – L. subumbellata – L. tenuifolia – L. thodei – L. tomentosa – L. uniflora – L. villosa
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Lessertia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jan 05. Reference page.

Name

Lessertia DC. (1812), nom. cons.

Type species: L. perennans (Jacq.) DC.

Synonyms

Coluteastrum Hester ex Fabr.
Colutia Medik.
Sulitra Medik.
Sutherlandia R.Br. ex W.T.Aiton has its own taxon page as synonymy not universally accepted.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Africa
Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

De Candolle, A.P. 1802: Astragalogia nempe Astragali, Biserrulae et Oxytropidis, nec non Phacae, Colutae et Lessertiae, Historia Iconibus Illustrata. Paris, ed. fol. 4, 15, 37; ed. qu. 5, 19, 47.

Additional references

Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. 2000: Cape plants: a conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia National Botanical Institute. 9.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Lessertia (Fabaceae). Accessed: 2021 Oct 11.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Lessertia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 11. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Lessertia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Lessertia. Published online. Accessed: 11 Oct 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Lessertia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Oct 2021.

Vernacular names

中文: 南鳔豆属

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 affinis
Lessertia annularis
Lessertia benguellensis
Lessertia brachypus
Lessertia brachystachya
Lessertia capitata
Lessertia depressa
Lessertia diffusa
Lessertia emarginata
Lessertia excisa
Lessertia falciformis
Lessertia frutescens
Lessertia harveyana
Lessertia herbacea
Lessertia incana
Lessertia inflata
Lessertia macrostachya
Lessertia microphylla
Lessertia pauciflora
Lessertia perennans
Lessertia rigida
Lessertia spinescens
Lessertia stenoloba
Lessertia stricta
Lessertia thodei

References

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.
Manning, John (2008). Field Guide to Fynbos. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. ISBN 978-1-77007-265-7.