Aspalathus tridentata

Aspalathus tridentata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Aspalathus
Species:
A. tridentata
Binomial name
Aspalathus tridentata
Synonyms
  • Achyronia tridentata (L.) Kuntze

Aspalathus tridentata, the trident Capegorse, is a small to medium shrub belonging to the family Fabaceae.[1] The species is endemic to the Northern Cape and Western Cape and occurs from the Cederberg to the Cape Peninsula and eastwards to Swellendam and is part of the fynbos.[2]

The species has four subspecies:

  • Aspalathus tridentata subsp. fragilis R.Dahlgren
  • Aspalathus tridentata subsp. rotunda R.Dahlgren
  • Aspalathus tridentata subsp. staurantha (Eckl. & Zeyh.) R.Dahlgren
  • Aspalathus tridentata subsp. tridentata

References

  1. ^ "Aspalathus tridentata L." SANBI Redlist.
  2. ^ "Aspalathus tridentata L." Plants of the World Online.