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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.[1]
| Sutherlandia | |
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| Sutherlandia frutescens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Clade: | Inverted repeat-lacking clade |
| Tribe: | Galegeae |
| Subtribe: | Astragalinae |
| Genus: | Sutherlandia R.Br. |
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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.[2]
Species edit
- Sutherlandia frutescens (L.) R.Br. cancerbush, balloon pea (Australia, Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritius, Namibia, South Africa)
- Sutherlandia humilis E.Phillips & R.A.Dyer (South Africa)
- Sutherlandia microphylla Burch (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa)
- Sutherlandia montana E.Phillips & R.A.Dyer (Lesotho, South Africa)
- Sutherlandia speciosa E.Phillips & R.A.Dyer (South Africa)
- Sutherlandia tomentosa Eckl. & Zeyh. (South Africa)
References edit
- ^ Moshe; Bank; Bank; Wyk (1 September 1998). "Lack of genetic differentiation between 19 populations from seven taxa of Sutherlandia Tribe: Galegeae, Fabaceae". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 26 (6): 595–609. doi:10.1016/S0305-1978(98)00002-7.
- ^ Wyk; Albrecht (9 Aug 2008). "A review of the taxonomy, ethnobotany, chemistry and pharmacology of Sutherlandia frutescens (Fabaceae)". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 119 (3): 620–629. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2008.08.003. PMID 18761068. Retrieved 13 Mar 2020.