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Lessertia perennans DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Galegeae

GENUS: Lessertia DC.

Lessertia perennans DC. [Accepted]
    Lessertia polystachya Harvey {Synonym}
    Lessertia subcanescens Gand. {Doubtful Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Lesotho (N) [359]; South Africa (N) [247]
    Zimbabwe (N) [8]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Kalahari-Highveld regional transition zone; grassland. [247]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Habit: Herb
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist
  
USES: -

  
NOTES:
  3 vars.,perennans,polystachya & sericea (Gibbs Russell 1987,ref.279).
  Note at K dets.L.subcanescens as L.p.var.sericea;no specimen.


DATA SOURCES:

8.

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

247.

   Burtt Davy,J., 1932
    Manual of the Fl.Pls & ferns of the Transvaal,pt.II
    Manual of the Fl.Pls & ferns of the Transvaal,pt.II

359.

   Jacot Guillarmod,A., 1971
    Flora of Lesotho.Lehre,Cramer
    Flora of Lesotho.Lehre,Cramer

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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