{{Short description|Genus of legumes}} {{More citations needed|date=January 2021}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Sutherlandia_frutescens_PICT3649.JPG | image_caption = ''Sutherlandia frutescens'' | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Sutherlandia | authority = R.Br. | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text }}
'''''Sutherlandia''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae containing six known living species. The genus was once organized as having a single species, ''S. frutescens'', but later expanded to include more based on morphological characteristics. However, later analysis found more genetic variation between populations than between taxa.<ref name = BSaE1998_sutherlandiavariation/>
The genus ''Sutherlandia'' is sometimes included in the genus ''Lessertia'' and it is morphologically and chemically similar to ''Lessertia'', ''Astragalus'', and other genera of the tribe Galegeae.<ref name = revtaxethnochempharmofsuthfrut2008JoE_v119e3/>
==Species== *''Sutherlandia frutescens'' <small>(L.) R.Br.</small> '''cancerbush''', '''balloon pea''' (Australia, Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritius, Namibia, South Africa) *''Sutherlandia humilis'' <small>E.Phillips & R.A.Dyer</small> (South Africa) *''Sutherlandia microphylla'' <small>Burch</small> (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa) *''Sutherlandia montana'' <small>E.Phillips & R.A.Dyer</small> (Lesotho, South Africa) *''Sutherlandia speciosa'' <small>E.Phillips & R.A.Dyer</small> (South Africa) *''Sutherlandia tomentosa'' <small>Eckl. & Zeyh.</small> (South Africa)
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<ref name = BSaE1998_sutherlandiavariation>{{cite journal | title = Lack of genetic differentiation between 19 populations from seven taxa of Sutherlandia Tribe: Galegeae, Fabaceae | url = https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305197898000027 | doi = 10.1016/S0305-1978(98)00002-7 | journal = Biochemical Systematics and Ecology | volume = 26 | issue = 6 | date = 1 September 1998 | pages= 595–609 | last1 = Moshe | last2 = Bank | last3 = Bank | last4 = Wyk| bibcode = 1998BioSE..26..595M | url-access = subscription }}</ref>
<ref name = revtaxethnochempharmofsuthfrut2008JoE_v119e3>{{cite journal | title = A review of the taxonomy, ethnobotany, chemistry and pharmacology of Sutherlandia frutescens (Fabaceae) | url = https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378874108004431 | doi = 10.1016/j.jep.2008.08.003 | date = 9 Aug 2008 | last1 = Wyk | last2 = Albrecht | journal = Journal of Ethnopharmacology | volume = 119 | issue = 3 | pages = 620–629 | pmid = 18761068 | access-date = 13 Mar 2020| url-access = subscription }}</ref>
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Category:Galegeae Category:Fabaceae genera