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Sutherlandia
''Sutherlandia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae containing six known living species. The genus was once organized as having a single species, ''S. frutescens'', but later expanded to include more based on morphological characteristics. However, later analysis found more genetic variation between populations than between taxa. The genus ''Sutherlandia'' is sometimes included in the genus '' Lessertia'' and it is morphologically and chemically similar to ''Lessertia'', ''Astragalus'', and other genera of the tribe Galegeae. Species *'' Sutherlandia frutescens'' (L.) R.Br. cancerbush, balloon pea (Australia, Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritius, Namibia, South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...) *'' Sutherlandia humilis'' E.Phillips & R.A ...
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