Hoffmannseggia
| Hoffmannseggia | |
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| Hoffmannseggia glauca | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Tribe: | Caesalpinieae |
| Genus: | Hoffmannseggia Cav. |
| Species | |
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21-28, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Larrea Ortega | |
Hoffmannseggia is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, known generally as rushpeas. These are pod-bearing herbs and subshrubs native to the Americas and southern Africa. The generic name honors Johann Centurius, Count of Hoffmannsegg, a nineteenth-century German nobleman and botanist.
Selected species
- Hoffmannseggia burchellii
- Hoffmannseggia drepanocarpa - sicklepod holdback
- Hoffmannseggia drummondii - dwarf nicker
- Hoffmannseggia glauca - Indian rushpea, pig-nut, hog potato
- Hoffmannseggia densiflora - hog potato
- Hoffmannseggia intricata
- Hoffmannseggia lactea
- Hoffmannseggia microphylla - wand holdback
- Hoffmannseggia oxycarpa - sharppod rushpea
- Hoffmannseggia peninsularis
- Hoffmannseggia pumilio
- Hoffmannseggia repens - creeping nicker
- Hoffmannseggia sandersonii
- Hoffmannseggia tenella - slender rushpea
- Hoffmannseggia viscosa
- Hoffmannseggia trifoliata
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hoffmannseggia. |
- ↑ "Hoffmannseggia Cav.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
External links
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