Podalyria racemulosa

Podalyria racemulosa
Illustration from The Paradisus Londinensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Podalyria
Species:
P. racemulosa
Binomial name
Podalyria racemulosa
Synonyms[1]
  • Aphora argentea (Salisb.) Kuntze
  • Podalyria angustifolia (E.Mey.) Eckl. & Zeyh.
  • Podalyria argentea (Salisb.) Salisb., nom. illeg.
  • Podalyria argentea var. angustifolia E.Mey.
  • Podalyria argentea var. glabrata Walp.
  • Podalyria argentea var. racemulosa (DC.) Walp.
  • Sophora argentea Salisb.

Podalyria argentea is a species of flowering plant in the legume family (Fabaceae or Leguminosae), native to the southwestern Cape Provinces of South Africa.[1][2]

The synonym Podalyria argentea (Salisb.) Salisb. should not be confused with Podalyria argentea W(Siev.) Willd., which is a synonym for a quite different species, Ammodendron bifolium, from Russia and Xinjiang, China.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Podalyria racemulosa DC". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  2. ^ "Podalyria argentea Salisb.", African plants database, Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute, retrieved 2013-09-30
  3. ^ Bao, Bojian & Vincent, Michael A. (2010), "Ammodendron bifolium", in Wu, Zhengyi; Raven, Peter H. & Hong, Deyuan (eds.), Flora of China, Vol. 10 (online), eFloras.org, retrieved 2013-09-30