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The genus Lessertia is in the family Leguminosae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Lessertia

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Lessertia acanthorhachis (Dinter) Dinter	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia affinis Burtt Davy	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia annua (Murray) DC.	Accepted		TRO
Lessertia annularis Burch.	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia argentea Harv.	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia benguellensis Baker f.	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia brachypus Harv.	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia brachystachya DC.	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia candida E.Mey.	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia canescens Goldblatt & J.C. Manning	Accepted		TRO
Lessertia capensis (P.J.Bergius) Druce	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia capitata E.Mey.	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia carnosa Eckl. & Zeyh.	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia cryptantha Dinter	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia depressa Harv.	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia diffusa R.Br.	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia distans Burtt Davy	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia dykei L.Bolus	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia emarginata Schinz	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia eremicola Dinter	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia excisa DC.	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia falciformis DC.	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia flanaganii L.Bolus	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia flexuosa E.Mey.	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia frutescens (L.) Goldblatt & J.C. Manning	Accepted		TRO
Lessertia fruticosa Lindl.	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia glabricaulis L.Bolus	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia globosa L.Bolus	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia harveyana L.Bolus	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia herbacea (L.) Druce	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia humilis (E. Phillips & R.A. Dyer) Goldblatt & J.C. Manning	Accepted		TRO
Lessertia incana Schinz	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia inflata Harv.	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia kensitii L.Bolus	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia macrostachya DC.	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia margaritacea E.Mey.	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia microcarpa E.Mey.	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia microphylla (Burch. ex DC.) Goldblatt & J.C. Manning	Accepted		TRO
Lessertia miniata T.M.Salter	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia montana (E. Phillips & R.A. Dyer) Goldblatt & J.C. Manning	Accepted		TRO
Lessertia mossii R.G.N.Young	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia muricata T.M.Salter	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia pappeana Harv.	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia parviflora Harv.	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia pauciflora Harv.	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia perennans DC.	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia phillipsiana Burtt Davy	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia physodes Eckl. & Zeyh.	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia prostrata DC.	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia rigida E.Mey.	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia speciosa (E. Phillips & R.A. Dyer) Goldblatt & J.C. Manning	Accepted		TRO
Lessertia spinescens E.Mey.	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia stenoloba E.Mey.	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia stipulata Baker f.	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia stricta L.Bolus	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia subumbellata Harv.	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia tenuifolia E.Mey.	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia thodei L.Bolus	Accepted		ILDIS
Lessertia tomentosa DC.	Accepted		ILDIS

Statistics

The Plant List includes 90 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Lessertia. Of these 59 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 1 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Lessertia. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 90 species names for the genus Lessertia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	59	65.6%
◕	Synonym	12	13.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	19	21.1%

All names

The status of the 91 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Lessertia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	59	64.8%
◕	Synonym	13	14.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	19	20.9%

The confidence with which the status of the 90 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Lessertia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	51	4	0	0	55	61.1%
	Medium confidence	7	7	0	0	14	15.6%
	Low confidence	1	1	0	19	21	23.3%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Lessertia, are as follows: