{{Short description|Genus of legumes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Polhillia | authority = C.H.Stirt. (1986) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 11; see text | subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:925310-1 ''Polhillia'' C.H.Stirt.] ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 16 September 2023.</ref> }}
'''''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.<ref name = powo/> The genus belongs to subfamily Faboideae.
==Species== ''Polhillia'' comprises the following species:<ref name = powo/><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&genus~Polhillia&species~ | title = ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for ''Polhillia'' | author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> | website = International Legume Database & Information Service | publisher = Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics | accessdate = 15 April 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?9677 | title = GRIN species records of ''Polhillia'' | author = USDA | author-link = USDA | author2 = ARS | author2-link = Agricultural Research Service | author3 = National Genetic Resources Program | date = | website = Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database] | publisher = National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland | accessdate = 15 April 2014 }}</ref><ref>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.</ref> * ''Polhillia brevicalyx'' <small>(C.H.Stirt.) B.-E.van Wyk & A.L.Schutte</small> * ''Polhillia connata'' <small>(Harv.) C.H.Stirt.</small> * ''Polhillia curtisiae'' <small>C.H.Stirt. & Muasya</small> * ''Polhillia connatum'' <small>(Harv.) C.H.Stirt.</small> * ''Polhillia fortunata'' {{small|du Preez}} * ''Polhillia groenewaldii'' {{small|du Preez}} * ''Polhillia ignota'' <small>Boatwr.</small><ref>{{cite journal | author = Boatwright JS | year = 2010 | title = A rare new species of ''Polhillia'' (Genisteae, Fabaceae) | journal = S Afr J Bot | volume = 76 | issue = 1 | pages = 142–145 | doi = 10.1016/j.sajb.2009.07.006 | doi-access = free | hdl = 11427/28211 | hdl-access = free }}</ref> * ''Polhillia involucrata'' <small>(Thunb.) B.-E.van Wyk & A.L.Schutte</small> * ''Polhillia obsoleta'' <small>(Harv.) B.-E.van Wyk</small> * ''Polhillia pallens'' <small>C.H.Stirt.</small> * ''Polhillia stirtoniana'' {{small|du Preez}} * ''Polhillia xairuensis'' {{small|du Preez}}
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
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Category:Genisteae Category:Fabaceae genera Category:Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces
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