''Sebaea'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of annual plants in the family

Gentianaceae Gentianaceae is a family of flowering plants of 103 genera and about 1600 species. Etymology The family takes its name from the genus '' Gentiana'', named after the Illyrian king Gentius. Distribution Distribution is cosmopolitan. Characteri ...

. Species occur in Africa, Madagascar, India, China, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand. The genus was paraphyletic and has been split in four genera: ''

Exochaenium The genus ''Exochaenium'' (22 species) is endemic to sub-Saharan Africa, with species occurring in most tropical and sub-tropical regions of the continent, particularly on the Katanga plateau (Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia), wit ...

'', ''

Klackenbergia Klackenbergia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the gentian family ( Gentianaceae) and the tribe Exaceae. It only contains two species, both endemic to Madagascar. They are notable for their inflorescence with characteristic long bra ...

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Lagenias The monotypic genus ''Lagenias'' is endemic to the Cape Province of South Africa . It belongs to the tribe Exaceae of the Gentianaceae Gentianaceae is a family of flowering plants of 103 genera and about 1600 species. Etymology The family ...

'' and ''Sebaea'' ''s.str.''.

Synapomorphies In phylogenetics, an apomorphy (or derived trait) is a novel character or character state that has evolved from its ancestral form (or plesiomorphy). A synapomorphy is an apomorphy shared by two or more taxa and is therefore hypothesized to hav ...

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 Albertus or Albert Seba (May 12, 1665, Etzel near Friedeburg – May 2, 1736, Amsterdam) was a Dutch pharmacist, zoologist, and collector. Seba accumulated one of the largest cabinets of curiosities in the Netherlands during his time. He sol ...

(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 ''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'', ''Klackenber ...

'' Cham. & Schlechtdl. **'' var. capitata'' Cham. & Schlechtdl. **'' var. sclerosepala'' (Schinz) Marais *'' Sebaea chironioides'' Gilg *'' Sebaea elongata'' E. Mey. *'' Sebaea erosa'' Schinz *'' Sebaea exacoides'' (L.) Schinz *'' Sebaea exigua'' (Oliv.) Schinz *'' Sebaea filiformis'' Schinz *'' Sebaea fourcadei'' Marais *'' Sebaea grisebachiana'' Schinz *'' Sebaea hymenosepala'' Gilg *'' Sebaea junodii'' Schinz *''

Sebaea laxa ''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'', ''Klackenber ...

'' N.E.Br. *'' Sebaea leiostyla'' Gilg *'' Sebaea longicaulis'' Schinz *''

Sebaea macrophylla ''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'', '' Klackenb ...

'' Gilg *'' Sebaea marlothii'' Gilg *'' Sebaea membranaceae'' Hill *'' Sebaea microphylla'' (Edgew.) Knobl. *'' Sebaea micrantha'' (Cham. & Schlechtdel.) Schinz **'' var. micrantha'' (Cham. & Schlechtdel.) Schinz **'' var. intermedia'' (Cham. & Schlechtdel.) Marais *'' Sebaea minutiflora'' Schinz *'' Sebaea minutissima'' Hilliard & B.L.BurttHilliard O.M. and Burtt B.L. 1982. Notes on some plants of Southern Africa chiefly from Natal: IX. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburg 40, 247-298. *'' Sebaea natalensis'' Schinz *'' Sebaea ovata'' (Labill.) R. Br. - yellow sebaea, yellow centaury *'' Sebaea pentendra'' E. Mey. **'' var. burchellii'' (Gilg) Marais **'' var. pentendra'' E. Mey. *'' Sebaea pleurostigmatosa'' Hilliard & B.L. BurttHilliard O.M. and Burtt B.L. 1983. Notes on some plants of Southern Africa chiefly from Natal: X. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburg 41, 304-306. *'' Sebaea procumbens'' A.W. Hill *'' Sebaea radiata'' Hilliard & B.L.Burtt *'' Sebaea ramosissima'' Gilg *'' Sebaea rara'' W. Dod *'' Sebaea rehmannii'' Schinz *'' Sebaea repens'' Schinz *'' Sebaea scabra'' Schinz *'' Sebaea schlechteri'' Schinz *'' Sebaea sedoides'' Gilg **'' var. confertiflora'' (Schinz) Marais **'' var. sedoides'' Gilg **'' var. schoenlandii'' (Schinz) Marais *'' Sebaea solaris'' Kissling *'' Sebaea spathulata'' Steud. *'' Sebaea stricta'' (E. Mey.) Gilg *'' Sebaea sulphurea'' Cham. & Schlechtdl. *'' Sebaea thomasii'' Schinz *'' Sebaea zeyheri'' Schinz **'' var. acutiloba'' (Schinz) Marais **'' var. cleistantha'' (R.A. Dyer) Marais **'' var. zeyheri'' Schinz

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Gentianaceae Gentianaceae genera {{Gentianales-stub