Hoffmannseggia

Hoffmannseggia is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, known generally as rushpeas. These are pod-bearing herbs and subshrubs native to the Americas and southern Africa. The generic name honors Johann Centurius, Count of Hoffmannsegg, a nineteenth-century German nobleman and botanist.

Hoffmannseggia
Hoffmannseggia glauca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Subfamily:
Caesalpinioideae[1]
Tribe:
Caesalpinieae[2]
Genus:
Hoffmannseggia

Cav. 1798
Type species
Hoffmannseggia glauca
(Ortega) Eifert.
Species

See text

Synonyms[3]
  • Hoffmanseggia Cav., orth. var.
  • Hoffmannsegia orth. var.
  • Larrea Ortega 1797, nom. rejec.
  • Moparia Britton & Rose 1930
  • Schrammia Britton & Rose

Selected species

Hoffmannseggia comprises the following species:[2][4][5]

  • Hoffmannseggia aphylla (Phil.) G. P. Lewis & Sotuyo
  • Hoffmannseggia arequipensis Ulibarri
  • Hoffmannseggia doelli Phil.
    • subsp. argentina Ulibarri
    • subsp. doellii Phil.
  • Hoffmannseggia drepanocarpa A. Gray—sicklepod holdback
  • Hoffmannseggia drummondii Torr. & A. Gray—dwarf nicker
  • Hoffmannseggia erecta Phil.
  • Hoffmannseggia eremophila (Phil.) Burkart ex Ulibarri
  • Hoffmannseggia glauca (Ortega) Eifert—Indian rushpea, pig-nut, hog potato
  • Hoffmannseggia humilis (Mart. & Galeotti) Hemsl.
  • Hoffmannseggia intricata Brandegee
  • Hoffmannseggia microphylla Torr.—wand holdback
  • Hoffmannseggia minor (Phil.) Ulibarri
  • Hoffmannseggia miranda Sandwith
  • Hoffmannseggia oxycarpa Benth.—sharppod rushpea
    • subsp. arida (Rose) B. B. Simpson
    • subsp. oxycarpa Benth.
  • Hoffmannseggia peninsularis (Britton) Wiggins—Peninsular holdback
  • Hoffmannseggia prostrata Lag. ex DC.
  • Hoffmannseggia pumilio (Griseb.) B. B. Simpson
  • Hoffmannseggia repens (Eastw.) Cockerell—creeping nicker
  • Hoffmannseggia tenella Tharp & L. P. Williams—slender rushpea
  • Hoffmannseggia trifoliata Cav.
  • Hoffmannseggia viscosa (Ruiz & Pav.) Hook.
  • Hoffmannseggia watsonii (Fisher) Rose
  • Hoffmannseggia yaviensis Ulibarri
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References
  1. The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3.
  2. Gagnon E, Bruneau A, Hughes CE, de Queiroz LP, Lewis GP. (2016). "A new generic system for the pantropical Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae)". PhytoKeys. 71 (71): 1–160. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.71.9203. PMC 5558824. PMID 28814915.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. "Hoffmannseggia Cav". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  4. Simpson BB, Ulibarri EA. (2006). "A synopsis of the genus Hoffmannseggia (Leguminosae)" (PDF). Lundellia. 9: 7–33. doi:10.25224/1097-993X-9.1.7.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  5. Lewis GP, Solange Sotuyo J. (2010). "Hoffmannseggia aphylla (Leguminosae: Caesalpinieae), a new name for a Chilean endemic". Kew Bull. 65 (2): 221–224. doi:10.1007/s12225-010-9201-8.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)


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