Sutherlandia

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: Sutherlandia
Species: S. frutescens – S. humilis – S. microphylla – S. montana – S. speciosa – S. tomentosa
Name

Sutherlandia R. Br. Hortus Kew. 4: 327. (1812) nom. cons.

Type species: Sutherlandia frutescens (L.) R.Br. Hortus Kew. 4: 327. (1812)

Note: Sometimes treated as part of Lessertia
References

Brown, R. 1812. Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. London (2nd ed.) 4: 327.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Sutherlandia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jan 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Sutherlandia. Published online. Accessed: Jan 11 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Sutherlandia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jan 11.
Hassler, M. 2021. Sutherlandia. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jan 11. Reference page.

Vernacular names

Sutherlandia, known as Ballonerbsen in German, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae containing six known living species. The genus was once organized as having a single species, S. frutescens, but later expanded to include more based on morphological characteristics. However, later analysis found more genetic variation between populations than between taxa.[1]

The genus Sutherlandia is sometimes included in the genus Lessertia and it is morphologically and chemically similar to Lessertia, Astragalus, and other genera of the tribe Galegeae.[2]
Species

Sutherlandia frutescens (L.) R.Br. cancerbush, balloon pea (Australia, Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritius, Namibia, South Africa)
Sutherlandia humilis E.Phillips & R.A.Dyer (South Africa)
Sutherlandia microphylla Burch (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa)
Sutherlandia montana E.Phillips & R.A.Dyer (Lesotho, South Africa)
Sutherlandia speciosa E.Phillips & R.A.Dyer (South Africa)
Sutherlandia tomentosa Eckl. & Zeyh. (South Africa)

References

Moshe; Bank; Bank; Wyk (1 September 1998). "Lack of genetic differentiation between 19 populations from seven taxa of Sutherlandia Tribe: Galegeae, Fabaceae". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 26 (6): 595–609. doi:10.1016/S0305-1978(98)00002-7.
Wyk; Albrecht (9 Aug 2008). "A review of the taxonomy, ethnobotany, chemistry and pharmacology of Sutherlandia frutescens (Fabaceae)". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 119 (3): 620–629. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.08.003. Retrieved 13 Mar 2020.