3657.010 Pearsonia Dummer

PHAENHOFFMANNIA O. Kuntze

Martins, E.S. et al. (2003) Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(7)

Description of the genus

Perennial herbs or small shrubs. Leaves digitately 3-foliolate. Inflorescence a raceme or a solitary flower, terminal or leaf-opposed. Standard yellow or white with purplish markings. Anthers elongate; 4 basifixed, 6 attached a little higher. Style nearly straight or pointed downwards. Pod linear-oblong to elliptic, 1-many-seeded.

Worldwide: 12 species in tropical and South Africa and Madagascar

Zambia: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Provinces	Content
flava (Baker f.) Polhill subsp. flava	N	N

Other sources of information about Pearsonia:

Our websites:

Flora of Malawi: Pearsonia
Flora of Mozambique: Pearsonia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Pearsonia

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Pearsonia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Pearsonia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Pearsonia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Pearsonia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Pearsonia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pearsonia
JSTOR Plant Science: Pearsonia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Pearsonia
Plants of the World Online: Pearsonia
Tropicos: Pearsonia
Wikipedia: Pearsonia

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Pearsonia.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=711, retrieved 21 November 2024

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