Lessertia (plant)
Encyclopedia
Lessertia is a genus of flowering plant
s in the legume family, Fabaceae
. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae
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Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the legume family, Fabaceae
Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large and economically important family of flowering plants. The group is the third largest land plant family, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with 730 genera and over 19,400 species...
. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae
Faboideae
Faboideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. One acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is Papilionoideae....
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Species list
- L. affinis
- L. annularis
- L. benguellensis
- L. brachypus
- L. brachystachya
- L. capitata
- L. depressa
- L. diffusa
- L. emarginata
- L. excisa
- L. falciformis
- L. frutescens
- L. harveyana
- L. herbacea
- L. incana
- L. inflata
- L. macrostachya
- L. microphylla
- L. pauciflora
- L. perennans
- L. rigida
- L. spinescens
- L. stenoloba
- L. stricta
- L. thodei