Aspalathus quinquefolia L. is a plant in the Fabaceae family, order Fabales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Aspalathus quinquefolia L. (Aspalathus quinquefolia L.)
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Aspalathus quinquefolia L.

Aspalathus quinquefolia L.

Dahlgren in 1988 indicated Herb. Linn. No. 295.19 (S) as the lectotype of Aspalathus quinquefolia L., but it's not original as it lacks Linnaeus' annotation.

Family
Genus
Aspalathus
Order
Fabales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Aspalathus quinquefolia L.

Note: Dahlgren (in Leistner, Fl. Southern Africa 16 (3: 6): 31. 1988) designated Herb. Linn. No. 295.19 (S) as the lectotype. However, this is not original material because it lacks any annotation by Linnaeus.

Photo: (c) Jan-Hendrik Keet, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jan-Hendrik Keet · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Fabales Fabaceae Aspalathus

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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