''Pearsonia'' is a genus of 12 species of plants belonging to the family

Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...

and occurring in Africa south of the equator with 1 species found on

Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...

. The species are usually herbs or shrublets with woody rootstocks. Leaves are usually sessile and 3-foliolate. The inflorescence is a congested or lax terminal

raceme A raceme () or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate growth, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots that bear the flowers. The oldest flowers grow close to the base and new flowers are ...

. The name of this genus commemorates the South African botanist Henry Harold Welch Pearson.

Species

''Pearsonia'' comprises the following species: * '' Pearsonia aristata'' (Schinz) Dummer * '' Pearsonia bracteata'' (Benth.) Polhill * ''

Pearsonia cajanifolia ''Pearsonia cajanifolia'' is a South African shrublet belonging to the family of Fabaceae, and one of 13 species in the genus, usually herbs or shrublets with woody rootstocks and all occurring in Africa south of the equator with the exception of ...

'' (Harv.) Polhill ** subsp. ''cajanifolia'' (Harv.) Polhill ** subsp. ''cryptantha'' (Baker) Polhill * '' Pearsonia callistoma'' Campb.-Young & K.Balkwill * '' Pearsonia flava'' (Baker f.) Polhill * ''

Pearsonia grandifolia ''Pearsonia'' is a genus of 12 species of plants belonging to the family Fabaceae and occurring in Africa south of the equator with 1 species found on Madagascar. The species are usually herbs or shrublets with woody rootstocks. Leaves are usual ...

'' (Bolus) Polhill ** subsp. ''grandifolia'' (Bolus) Polhill ** subsp. ''latibracteolata'' (Dummer) Polhill * '' Pearsonia hirsuta'' Germish. * '' Pearsonia madagascariensis'' (R. Vig.) Polhill * '' Pearsonia mesopontica'' Polhill * '' Pearsonia metallifera'' Wild * '' Pearsonia obovata'' (Schinz) Polhill * '' Pearsonia sessilifolia'' (Harv.) Dummer ** subsp. ''filifolia'' (Bolus)Polhill ** subsp. ''marginata'' (Schinz) Polhill ** subsp. ''sessilifolia'' (Harv.) Dummer * '' Pearsonia uniflora'' (Kensit) Polhill

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''Pearsonia sessilifolia''

''Pearsonia metallifera'' Wild''Pearsonia metallifera'' Wild
Crotalarieae Fabaceae genera Flora of the Afrotropical realm {{Faboideae-stub