Podalyria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 17 species of small trees or shrubs native to the Cape Provinces, Free State, and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. They inhabit Mediterranean-climate shrubland (fynbos and forest margins) from low to high elevations, typically in rocky or sandy areas.[1] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. The genus is endemic to South Africa.[2]
| Podalyria | |
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| Podalyria calyptrata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Podalyrieae |
| Genus: | Podalyria Willd. (1799), nom. cons. |
| Species[1] | |
17; see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Aphora Neck. ex Kuntze (1891), nom. superfl. | |
Species
Podalyria comprises the following species:[1][3][4][5]
- Podalyria amoena Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Podalyria biflora (L.) Lam.
- Podalyria burchellii DC.
- Podalyria buxifolia Willd.
- Podalyria calyptrata (Retz.) Willd.
- Podalyria cordata R.Br.
- Podalyria hirsuta (Aiton) Willd.[6]
- Podalyria lanceolata (E.Mey.) Benth.
- Podalyria leipoldtii L.Bolus ex A.L.Schutte
- Podalyria microphylla E.Mey.
- Podalyria myrtillifolia (Retz.) Willd.
- Podalyria oleifolia Salisb.
- Podalyria orbicularis (E.Mey.) Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Podalyria pearsonii E.Phillips
- Podalyria racemulosa DC.
- Podalyria sericea (Andrews) R.Br.
- Podalyria variabilis A.L.Schutte