- Hoffmannseggia
Taxobox
name = "Hoffmannseggia"
image_width = 220px
image_caption = "Hoffmannseggia glauca "
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Fabales
familia =Fabaceae
subfamilia =Caesalpinioideae
genus = "Hoffmannseggia"
genus_authority =
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = 21-28, see text"Hoffmannseggia" is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family known generally as rushpeas. These are pod-bearing herbs and subshrubs native to the Americas and southern Africa.
Species include:
*"Hoffmannseggia burchellii "
*"Hoffmannseggia drepanocarpa " - sicklepod holdback
*"Hoffmannseggia drummondii " - dwarf nicker
*"Hoffmannseggia glauca " - Indian rushpea, pig-nut, hog potato
*"Hoffmannseggia lactea "
*"Hoffmannseggia microphylla " - wand holdback
*"Hoffmannseggia oxycarpa " - sharppod rushpea
*"Hoffmannseggia pumilio "
*"Hoffmannseggia repens " - creeping nicker
*"Hoffmannseggia sandersonii "
*"Hoffmannseggia tenella " - slender rushpea
*"Hoffmannseggia viscosa "The genus is named for Johann Centurius, Count of Hoffmannsegg, a nineteenth-century German nobleman and botanist.
External links
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3691,3916 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=HOFFM USDA Plants Profile]
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