Sutherlandia
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| Sutherlandia frutescens | |
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| Tribe: | Galegeae
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| Genus: | Sutherlandia |
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Sutherlandia, known as Ballonerbsen in German, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae containing 6 known living species. The genus was once organized as having a single species, S. frutescens, but later expanded to include more based on morphological charecteristics. However, later analysis found more genetic variation between populations than between taxa.[1]
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.