Fabaceae
Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...
native to the
fynbos
Fynbos (; , ) is a small belt of natural shrubland or heathland vegetation located in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. The area is predominantly coastal and mountainous, with a Mediterranean climate. The fynbos ...
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Cape Floristic Kingdom
The Cape Floral Region is a floristic region located near the southern tip of South Africa. It is the only floristic region of the Cape Floristic Kingdom, and includes only one floristic province, known as the Cape Floristic Province.
The Cap ...
) of South Africa. Several members of ''Lebeckia'' were recently transferred to other genera (''
Calobota
''Calobota'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes 16 species native to North Africa (Morocco to Libya) and southern Africa (Namibia, Botswana, and Cape Provinces of South Africa).Wiborgiella''). Members of ''Lebeckia'' are known to produce
pyrrolizidine alkaloids
Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs), sometimes referred to as necine bases, are a group of naturally occurring alkaloids based on the structure of pyrrolizidine. Their use dates back centuries and is intertwined with the discovery, understanding, and ...
Heinrich Julius Lebeck
Heinrich Julius Lebeck (1772 – 12 June 1800) was a Ceylon-born Dutch naturalist and specimen collector. He was educated in southern India, at a school run by missionary Christoph Samuel John, and later became a student of naturalist Carl Peter T ...
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Species
''Lebeckia'' comprises the following species:
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Lebeckia ambigua
''Lebeckia ambigua'' is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Lebeckia''. The species is native to South Africa, around Saldanha Bay
Saldanha Bay () is a natural harbour on the south-western coast of South Africa. The town that develop ...
'' E.Mey.
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Lebeckia brevicarpa
''Lebeckia'' is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae native to the fynbos ( Cape Floristic Kingdom) of South Africa. Several members of ''Lebeckia'' were recently transferred to other genera (''Calobota'' and '' Wiborgiella''). Members of ''L ...
'' M.M.le Roux & B.-E.van Wyk
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Lebeckia brevipes
''Lebeckia'' is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae native to the fynbos (Cape Floristic Kingdom) of South Africa. Several members of ''Lebeckia'' were recently transferred to other genera (''Calobota'' and '' Wiborgiella''). Members of ''Le ...
'' M.M.le Roux & B.-E.van Wyk
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Lebeckia contaminata
''Lebeckia'' is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae native to the fynbos ( Cape Floristic Kingdom) of South Africa. Several members of ''Lebeckia'' were recently transferred to other genera (''Calobota'' and '' Wiborgiella''). Members of ''L ...
'' (L.) Thunb.
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Lebeckia gracilis
''Lebeckia'' is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae native to the fynbos ( Cape Floristic Kingdom) of South Africa. Several members of ''Lebeckia'' were recently transferred to other genera (''Calobota'' and '' Wiborgiella''). Members of ''L ...
'' Eckl. & Zeyh.
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Lebeckia grandiflora
''Lebeckia'' is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae native to the fynbos ( Cape Floristic Kingdom) of South Africa. Several members of ''Lebeckia'' were recently transferred to other genera (''Calobota'' and '' Wiborgiella''). Members of ''L ...
'' Benth.
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Lebeckia longipes
''Lebeckia'' is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae native to the fynbos ( Cape Floristic Kingdom) of South Africa. Several members of ''Lebeckia'' were recently transferred to other genera (''Calobota'' and '' Wiborgiella''). Members of ''L ...
'' Bolus
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Lebeckia marginata
''Lebeckia'' is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae native to the fynbos ( Cape Floristic Kingdom) of South Africa. Several members of ''Lebeckia'' were recently transferred to other genera (''Calobota'' and '' Wiborgiella''). Members of ''L ...
'' E. Mey.
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Lebeckia meyeriana
''Lebeckia'' is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae native to the fynbos ( Cape Floristic Kingdom) of South Africa. Several members of ''Lebeckia'' were recently transferred to other genera (''Calobota'' and '' Wiborgiella''). Members of ''L ...
'' Eckl. and Zeyh.
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Lebeckia pauciflora
''Lebeckia'' is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae native to the fynbos ( Cape Floristic Kingdom) of South Africa. Several members of ''Lebeckia'' were recently transferred to other genera (''Calobota'' and '' Wiborgiella''). Members of ''L ...
'' Eckl. & Zeyh.
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Lebeckia plukenetiana
''Lebeckia plukenetiana'' is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Lebeckia''. It is endemic to the Western Cape of South Africa.
Distribution
''Lebeckia plukenetiana'' was once found in the Swartland and upper Breede River Valley; ± 75 ...
'' E.Mey.
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Lebeckia schlechteriana
''Lebeckia'' is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae native to the fynbos ( Cape Floristic Kingdom) of South Africa. Several members of ''Lebeckia'' were recently transferred to other genera (''Calobota'' and '' Wiborgiella''). Members of ''L ...
'' Schinz (unplaced)
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Lebeckia sepiaria
''Lebeckia'' is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae native to the fynbos ( Cape Floristic Kingdom) of South Africa. Several members of ''Lebeckia'' were recently transferred to other genera (''Calobota'' and '' Wiborgiella''). Members of ''L ...
'' (L.) Thunb.
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Lebeckia uniflora
''Lebeckia'' is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae native to the fynbos ( Cape Floristic Kingdom) of South Africa. Several members of ''Lebeckia'' were recently transferred to other genera (''Calobota'' and '' Wiborgiella''). Members of ''L ...
'' B.-E.van Wyk & M.M.le Roux
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Lebeckia wrightii
''Lebeckia'' is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae native to the fynbos (Cape Floristic Kingdom) of South Africa. Several members of ''Lebeckia'' were recently transferred to other genera (''Calobota'' and ''Wiborgiella''). Members of ''Leb ...
'' (Harv.) Bolus
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Lebeckia zeyheri
''Lebeckia'' is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae native to the fynbos ( Cape Floristic Kingdom) of South Africa. Several members of ''Lebeckia'' were recently transferred to other genera (''Calobota'' and '' Wiborgiella''). Members of ''L ...