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Lessertia pauciflora Harvey

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HIGHER TAXON: Galegeae

GENUS: Lessertia DC.

Lessertia pauciflora Harvey [Accepted]
    Lessertia schlechteri L.Bolus {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Kenya (N) [8]; Lesotho (N) [210]; Namibia-ISO (N) [210]
    South Africa (N) [210]; Tanzania (N) [210]
    Zimbabwe (N) [210]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Afromontane grassland [210]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Herb
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist
  
USES: -

  
NOTES:
  2 vars.,pauciflora & schlechteri (Gibbs Russell,ref.279.1987).
  Kenya material has rather narrower pods (note by Gillett on Kew folder).
  Flora Capensis has 4 vars.


DATA SOURCES:

8.

   Lock,J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

210.

   Gillett,J.B. et al., 1971
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

1785.

   Allen,O.N. & Allen,E.K., 1981
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
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