Lessertia frutescens

Lessertia frutescens

Lessertia frutescens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
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: Lessertia frutescens
Subspecies: L. f. subsp. frutescens – L. f. subsp. microphylla – L. f. subsp. speciosa

Name

Lessertia frutescens (L.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning (2000)

Synonyms

• Colutea frutescens L.
• Colutea grandiflora Salisb.
• Colutia frutescens (L.) Medik.
• Sutherlandia floribunda Carrière
• Sutherlandia frutescens (L.) W.T.Aiton
• Sutherlandia incana E.Mey.

Note

Lessertia frutescens is not accepted by Hassler.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Namibia, Northern Provinces Introduced into: Kenya, 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

• Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape plants: a conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia National Botanical Institute. 9: 708.

Links

• Lessertia frutescens in: Australian Plant Census (APC) 2022. IBIS database, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Accessed: 2022 May 21.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Lessertia frutescens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jan 06. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Lessertia frutescens. Published online. Accessed: Jan 06 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Lessertia frutescens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 Jan 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Sutherlandia frutescens. 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 Jan 06. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Lessertia frutescens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Kankerbossie
Deutsch: Ballonerbse
English: Cancer bush

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