Hoffmannseggia

Hoffmannseggia
	Hoffmannseggia glauca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Tribe:	Caesalpinieae
Genus:	Hoffmannseggia; Cav. 1798
Type species
	Hoffmannseggia glauca; (Ortega) Eifert.
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Hoffmanseggia Cav., orth. var.; Hoffmannsegia orth. var.; Larrea Ortega 1797, nom. rejec.; Moparia Britton & Rose 1930; Schrammia Britton & Rose;

Hoffmannseggia is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, known generally as rushpeas. These are pod-bearing herbs and subshrubs native to the Americas and southern Africa. The generic name honors Johann Centurius, Count of Hoffmannsegg, a nineteenth-century German nobleman and botanist.

Selected species

Hoffmannseggia comprises the following species:^[2]^[4]^[5]

Hoffmannseggia aphylla (Phil.) G. P. Lewis & Sotuyo
Hoffmannseggia arequipensis Ulibarri
Hoffmannseggia doelli Phil.
- subsp. argentina Ulibarri
- subsp. doellii Phil.
Hoffmannseggia drepanocarpa A. Gray—sicklepod holdback
Hoffmannseggia drummondii Torr. & A. Gray—dwarf nicker
Hoffmannseggia erecta Phil.
Hoffmannseggia eremophila (Phil.) Burkart ex Ulibarri
Hoffmannseggia glauca (Ortega) Eifert—Indian rushpea, pig-nut, hog potato
Hoffmannseggia humilis (Mart. & Galeotti) Hemsl.
Hoffmannseggia intricata Brandegee
Hoffmannseggia microphylla Torr.—wand holdback
Hoffmannseggia minor (Phil.) Ulibarri
Hoffmannseggia miranda Sandwith
Hoffmannseggia oxycarpa Benth.—sharppod rushpea
- subsp. arida (Rose) B. B. Simpson
- subsp. oxycarpa Benth.
Hoffmannseggia peninsularis (Britton) Wiggins—Peninsular holdback
Hoffmannseggia prostrata Lag. ex DC.
Hoffmannseggia pumilio (Griseb.) B. B. Simpson
Hoffmannseggia repens (Eastw.) Cockerell—creeping nicker
Hoffmannseggia tenella Tharp & L. P. Williams—slender rushpea
Hoffmannseggia trifoliata Cav.
Hoffmannseggia viscosa (Ruiz & Pav.) Hook.
Hoffmannseggia watsonii (Fisher) Rose
Hoffmannseggia yaviensis Ulibarri

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^ "Hoffmannseggia Cav". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
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^ "Hoffmannseggia aphylla (Leguminosae: Caesalpinieae), a new name for a Chilean endemic". Kew Bull. 65 (2): 221–224. 2010. doi:10.1007/s12225-010-9201-8. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)

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