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Sebaea Albens
''Sebaea'' is a genus of annual plants in the family Gentianaceae. Species occur in Africa, Madagascar, India, China, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand. The genus was paraphyletic and has been split in four genera: ''Exochaenium'', ''Klackenbergia'', ''Lagenias'' and ''Sebaea'' ''s.str.''. Synapomorphies for ''Sebaea s.str.'' include the presence of extra stigma along the style (called diplostigmaty) and the shape of the testa cells of the seeds. The name honors Albertus Seba (1665–1736), a Dutch pharmacist, zoologist and collector. Species include (non exhaustiv list): *'' Sebaea albens'' (L. f.) Roem. & Schult. *''Sebaea albidiflora'' F.Muell. - white sebaea *''Sebaea ambigua'' Cham. *'' Sebaea amicorum'' I.M. Oliv. & Beyers *''Sebaea aurea'' (L. f.) Roem. & Schult. *'' Sebaea bojeri'' Griseb. *'' Sebaea brachyphylla'' Griseb. *''Sebaea capitata'' Cham. & Schlechtdl. **'' var. capitata'' Cham. & Schlechtdl. **'' var. sclerosepala'' (Schinz) Marais *'' Sebaea chironioides ...
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Sabaea Exacoides
The Sabaeans or Sabeans ( Sabaean:, ; ar, ٱلسَّبَئِيُّوْن, ''as-Sabaʾiyyūn''; he, סְבָאִים, Səḇāʾīm) were an ancient group of South Arabians. They spoke the Sabaean language, one of the Old South Arabian languages.Stuart Munro-Hay, ''Aksum: An African Civilization of Late Antiquity'', 1991. They founded the kingdom of Sabaʾ ( ar, سَبَأ, links=no) in modern-day Yemen, Quran 27:6-93 Quran 34:15-18 which was believed to be the biblical land of Sheba and "the oldest and most important of the South Arabian kingdoms". The exact date of the foundation of Sabaʾ is a point of disagreement among scholars. Kenneth Kitchen dates the kingdom to between 1200 BCE and 275 CE, with its capital at Maʾrib, in what is now Yemen.Kenneth A. Kitchen ''The World of "Ancient Arabia" Series''. Documentation for Ancient Arabia. Part I. Chronological Framework and Historical Sources p.110 On the other hand, Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman believe that ...
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Sebaea Capitata
''Sebaea'' is a genus of annual plants in the family Gentianaceae. Species occur in Africa, Madagascar, India, China, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand. The genus was paraphyletic and has been split in four genera: ''Exochaenium'', ''Klackenbergia'', ''Lagenias'' and ''Sebaea'' ''s.str.''. Synapomorphies for ''Sebaea s.str.'' include the presence of extra stigma along the style (called diplostigmaty) and the shape of the testa cells of the seeds. The name honors Albertus Seba (1665–1736), a Dutch pharmacist, zoologist and collector. Species include (non exhaustiv list): *'' Sebaea albens'' (L. f.) Roem. & Schult. *'' Sebaea albidiflora'' F.Muell. - white sebaea *'' Sebaea ambigua'' Cham. *'' Sebaea amicorum'' I.M. Oliv. & Beyers *'' Sebaea aurea'' (L. f.) Roem. & Schult. *'' Sebaea bojeri'' Griseb. *'' Sebaea brachyphylla'' Griseb. *'' Sebaea capitata'' Cham. & Schlechtdl. **'' var. capitata'' Cham. & Schlechtdl. **'' var. sclerosepala'' (Schinz) Marais *'' Sebaea chironi ...
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