Hoffmannseggia Explained

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. In North America they range from California and Nebraska to southern Mexico, and from Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru to southern Argentina and Chile in South America.The generic name honors Johann Centurius, Count of Hoffmannsegg, a nineteenth-century German nobleman and botanist.[1] [2]

Species

Hoffmannseggia comprises the following species:[2] [3] [4]

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Notes and References

  1. The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). . 2017 . A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny . . 66 . 1 . 44–77 . 10.12705/661.3. free . 10568/90658 . free .
  2. Gagnon E, Bruneau A, Hughes CE, de Queiroz LP, Lewis GP. . 2016 . A new generic system for the pantropical Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae) . PhytoKeys . 71 . 1–160 . 10.3897/phytokeys.71.9203 . 28814915 . 5558824 . free .
  3. Simpson BB, Ulibarri EA . 2006 . A synopsis of the genus Hoffmannseggia (Leguminosae) . Lundellia . 9 . 7–33 . 10.25224/1097-993X-9.1.7 . 134611192 . free .
  4. Lewis GP, Solange Sotuyo J . 2010 . Hoffmannseggia aphylla (Leguminosae: Caesalpinieae), a new name for a Chilean endemic . . 65 . 2 . 221–224 . 10.1007/s12225-010-9201-8. 2010KewBu..65..221L . 34248431 .