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 usually sessile and 3-foliolate. The inflorescence is a congested or lax terminal raceme. 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 (Harv.) Polhill subsp. cajanifolia (Harv.) Polhill subsp. cryptantha (Baker) Polhill Pearsonia callistoma Campb.-Young & K.Balkwill
Pearsonia flava (Baker f.) Polhill Pearsonia grandifolia (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
References
External links Pearsonia sessilifolia Pearsonia metallifera Wild Pearsonia metallifera Wild