Fabaceae
Lessertia

Lessertia frutescens (L.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

First published in Strelitzia 9: 708 (2000)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Africa. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Namibia, Northern Provinces

Introduced into:

Kenya, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html.

Kew Species Profiles

  • Diniz, M. A. (2003). 85: Sutherlandia. In: G.V. Pope, R.M. Polhill & E.S. Martins (eds.), Flora Zambesiaca 3(7): 12 – 15.
  • Fernandes, A. C., Cromarty, A. D., Albrecht, C. & Jansen van Rensburg, C. E. (2004). The antioxidant potential of Sutherlandia frutescens. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 95(1):1–5.
  • Ojewole, J. A. (2004). Analgesic, antiinflammatory and hypoglycemic effects of Sutherlandia frutescens R. BR. (variety incana E. Mey.) [Fabaceae] shoot aqueous extract. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology 26(6): 409–416.
  • Schrire, B. D. & Andrews S. (1992). Sutherlandia: gansies or balloon peas: Part 1. The Plantsman 14(2): 65 – 69.
  • Sia, C. (2004). Spotlight on ethnomedicine: usability of Sutherlandia frutescen s in the treatment of diabetes. Review of Diabetic Studies 1(3): 145–149.
  • Van Wyk, B. E., Van Oudtshoorn, B. & Gericke, N. (2000). People's plants: a guide to useful plants of Southern Africa. Briza Publications, Pretoria.
  • Van Wyk, B. E., Van Oudtshoorn, B. & Gericke, N. (2002). Medicinal plants of South Africa. 2nd edition. Briza Publications, Pretoria.

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html.
  • Pope, G.V., Polhill, R.N. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2003). Flora Zambesiaca 3(7): 1-274. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
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  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Kew Species Profiles

    • Kew Species Profiles
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Seed Information Database

    • Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. (2019) Seed Information Database (SID). Version 7.1. Available from: http://data.kew.org/sid/ (September 2019)
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  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0