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 Malawi: 1 taxon. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| cajanifolia (Harv.) Polhill subsp. cryptantha (Baker) Polhill | S | |
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