Polhillia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Genisteae
Genus: Polhillia
Species: P. brevicalyx – P. canescens – P. connata – P. involucrata – P. obsoleta – P. pallens
Name

Polhillia C.H.Stirt. (1986)

Type species: P. waltersii (C.H.Stirt.) C.H.Stirt.

References

Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Polhillia in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2012 Jan 22. Reference page.
Stirton, C.H. 1986. S. African J. Bot. 52(2): 173.
Polhillia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 11 species of shrubs and herbs native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. They grow in Mediterranean-climate renosterveld (shrubland) and scrub-grassland, typically in heavy soils.[1] The genus belongs to subfamily Faboideae.
Species

Polhillia comprises the following species:[1][2][3][4]

Polhillia brevicalyx (C.H.Stirt.) B.-E.van Wyk & A.L.Schutte
Polhillia connata (Harv.) C.H.Stirt.
Polhillia curtisiae C.H.Stirt. & Muasya
Polhillia connatum (Harv.) C.H.Stirt.
Polhillia fortunata du Preez
Polhillia groenewaldii du Preez
Polhillia ignota Boatwr.[5]
Polhillia involucrata (Thunb.) B.-E.van Wyk & A.L.Schutte
Polhillia obsoleta (Harv.) B.-E.van Wyk
Polhillia pallens C.H.Stirt.
Polhillia stirtoniana du Preez
Polhillia xairuensis du Preez

References

Polhillia C.H.Stirt. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
"ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Polhillia". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Polhillia". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
Curtis OE, Stirton CH, & Muasya AM. 2013. A conservation and floristic assessment of poorly known species rich quartz-silcrete outcrops within Rûens Shale Renosterveld (Overberg, Western Cape), with taxonomic descriptions of five new species. South African Journal of Botany 87: 99–111.
Boatwright JS (2010). "A rare new species of Polhillia (Genisteae, Fabaceae)". S Afr J Bot. 76 (1): 142–145. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2009.07.006. hdl:11427/28211.