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Fabaceae

Lessertia

Lessertia rigida (Thunb.) DC.

First published in Prodr. 2: 272 (1825)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is SW. Cape Prov. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution
Synonyms
Classification
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Other data

Native to:

Cape Provinces

Homotypic Synonyms

Colutea rigida Thunb. in Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 134 (1800)
Lessertia flexuosa var. rigida (Thunb.) Harv. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 2: 215 (1862)
Lessertia rigida var. marina E.Mey. in Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 115 (1836), not validly publ.

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Streptophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Subclass Magnoliidae
Order
Fabales

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Family
Fabaceae

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Genus
Lessertia

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Species
Lessertia rigida

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Boatwright, J.S., Nkonki, T. & van Wyk, B.-E. (2011). The identity of Lessertia rigida (Thunb.) DC. (Galegeae, Fabaceae) and a new species from the Greater Cape region of South Africa. Systematic Botany 36: 371-375.

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

Boatwright, J.S., Nkonki, T. & van Wyk, B.-E. (2011). The identity of Lessertia rigida (Thunb.) DC. (Galegeae, Fabaceae) and a new species from the Greater Cape region of South Africa. Systematic Botany 36: 371-375.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1
- Angiosperm Threat Predictions
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
International Legume Database and Information Service
- International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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
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