Hoffmannseggia

Hoffmannseggia
Hoffmannseggia glauca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Tribe: Caesalpinieae
Genus: Hoffmannseggia
Cav.
Species

21-28, see text

Synonyms

Larrea Ortega
Melanosticta DC.
Moparia Britton & Rose
Schrammia Britton & Rose[1]

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

References

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  1. "Hoffmannseggia Cav.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
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