# Sutherlandia

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{{Short description|Genus of legumes}}
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| image = Sutherlandia_frutescens_PICT3649.JPG
| image_caption = ''[Sutherlandia frutescens](/source/Sutherlandia_frutescens)'' 
| display_parents = 3
| taxon = Sutherlandia
| authority = [R.Br.](/source/Robert_Brown_(botanist%2C_born_1773))  
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'''''Sutherlandia''''' is a genus of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s in the family [Fabaceae](/source/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](/source/Lessertia_(plant))'' and it is morphologically and chemically similar to ''Lessertia'', ''[Astragalus](/source/Astragalus_(plant))'', and other genera of the tribe [Galegeae](/source/Galegeae).<ref name = revtaxethnochempharmofsuthfrut2008JoE_v119e3/>

==Species==
*''[Sutherlandia frutescens](/source/Sutherlandia_frutescens)'' <small>(L.) R.Br.</small> '''cancerbush''', '''balloon pea''' ([Australia](/source/Australia), [Botswana](/source/Botswana), [Kenya](/source/Kenya), [Lesotho](/source/Lesotho), [Mauritius](/source/Mauritius), [Namibia](/source/Namibia), [South Africa](/source/South_Africa))
*''[Sutherlandia humilis](/source/Sutherlandia_humilis)'' <small>E.Phillips & R.A.Dyer</small> (South Africa)
*''[Sutherlandia microphylla](/source/Sutherlandia_microphylla)'' <small>Burch</small> (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa)
*''[Sutherlandia montana](/source/Sutherlandia_montana)'' <small>E.Phillips & R.A.Dyer</small> (Lesotho, South Africa)
*''[Sutherlandia speciosa](/source/Sutherlandia_speciosa)'' <small>E.Phillips & R.A.Dyer</small> (South Africa)
*''[Sutherlandia tomentosa](/source/Sutherlandia_tomentosa)'' <small>Eckl. & Zeyh.</small> (South Africa)

==References==
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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

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