Pearsonia


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. The name of this genus commemorates the South African botanist Henry Harold Welch Pearson.

Species

Pearsonia comprises the following species:Pearsonia aristata DummerPearsonia bracteata PolhillPearsonia cajanifolia Polhill
  • * subsp. cajanifolia Polhill
  • * subsp. cryptantha PolhillPearsonia callistoma Campb.-Young & K.BalkwillPearsonia flava PolhillPearsonia grandifolia Polhill
  • * subsp. grandifolia Polhill
  • * subsp. latibracteolata PolhillPearsonia hirsuta Germish.Pearsonia madagascariensis PolhillPearsonia mesopontica PolhillPearsonia metallifera WildPearsonia obovata PolhillPearsonia sessilifolia Dummer
  • * subsp. filifolia Polhill
  • * subsp. marginata Polhill
  • * subsp. sessilifolia DummerPearsonia uniflora Polhill