Pearsonia

Pearsonia is a genus of 12 species of plants belonging to the family Fabaceae and occurring in Africa south of the equator with 1 species found on Madagascar. The species are usually herbs or shrublets with woody rootstocks. Leaves are usually sessile and 3-foliolate. The inflorescence is a congested or lax terminal raceme. The name of this genus commemorates the South African botanist Henry Harold Welch Pearson.

Species
Pearsonia comprises the following species:
 * Pearsonia aristata (Schinz) Dummer


 * Pearsonia bracteata (Benth.) Polhill
 * Pearsonia cajanifolia (Harv.) Polhill
 * subsp. cajanifolia (Harv.) Polhill
 * subsp. cryptantha (Baker) Polhill
 * Pearsonia callistoma Campb.-Young & K.Balkwill


 * Pearsonia flava (Baker f.) Polhill
 * Pearsonia grandifolia (Bolus) Polhill
 * subsp. grandifolia (Bolus) Polhill
 * subsp. latibracteolata (Dummer) Polhill


 * Pearsonia hirsuta Germish.
 * Pearsonia madagascariensis (R. Vig.) Polhill


 * Pearsonia mesopontica Polhill
 * Pearsonia metallifera Wild


 * Pearsonia obovata (Schinz) Polhill


 * Pearsonia sessilifolia (Harv.) Dummer
 * subsp. filifolia (Bolus)Polhill
 * subsp. marginata (Schinz) Polhill
 * subsp. sessilifolia (Harv.) Dummer


 * Pearsonia uniflora (Kensit) Polhill