Podalyria

{{Short description|Genus of legumes}}

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| image = Podalyria calyptrata Betty's Bay 02.jpg

| image_caption = Podalyria calyptrata

| taxon = Podalyria

| authority = Willd. (1799), nom. cons.

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 17; see text

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| synonyms = Aphora {{small|Neck. ex Kuntze (1891), nom. superfl.}}

| synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331863-2 Podalyria Willd.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 September 2023.

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Podalyria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 17 species of small trees or shrubs native to the Cape Provinces, Free State, and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. They inhabit Mediterranean-climate shrubland (fynbos and forest margins) from low to high elevations, typically in rocky or sandy areas. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. The genus is endemic to South Africa.Schutte-Vlok, A. & B. van Wyk. 2011. [https://bioone.org/journals/systematic-botany/volume-36/issue-3/036364411X583628/A-Taxonomic-Revision-of-Podalyria-Fabaceae/10.1600/036364411X583628.short A taxonomic revision of Podalyria (Fabaceae).] Systematic Botany 36(3) 631-60.

Species

Podalyria comprises the following species:{{cite book | vauthors = Van Wyk BE, Schutte AL | year = 1995 | chapter = Phylogenetic relationships in the tribes Podalyrieae, Liparieae and Crotalarieae | veditors = Crisp MD, Doyle JJ | title = Advances in Legume Systematics, Part 7: Phylogeny | chapter-url = http://www.kewbooks.com/asps/ShowDetails.asp?id=81 | publisher = Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | pages = 283–308 | isbn = 978-0947643799 | access-date = 2014-02-26 | archive-date = 2014-01-17 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140117001006/http://www.kewbooks.com/asps/ShowDetails.asp?id=81 | url-status = dead }}{{cite web | url = http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&genus~Podalyria&species~ | title = ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Podalyria | author = | website = International Legume Database & Information Service | publisher = Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics | access-date = 26 February 2014 }}{{cite web | url = http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?9616 | title = GRIN species records of Podalyria | author = USDA | author-link = USDA | author2 = ARS | author2-link = Agricultural Research Service | author3 = National Genetic Resources Program | website = Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database] | publisher = National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland | access-date = 26 February 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924124225/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?9616 | archive-date = 24 September 2015 | url-status = dead }}

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  • Podalyria hirsuta (Aiton) Willd.Some sources treat Podalyria hirsuta as a synonym of Podalyria cordata.

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