''Sebaea'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of annual plants in the family
Gentianaceae
Gentianaceae is a family of flowering plants of 105 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 (species), cosm ...
.
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
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 ...
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.
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Species include (non exhaustive list):
*'' Sebaea albens'' (L. f.) Roem. & Schult.
*'' Sebaea albidiflora'' F.Muell. - white sebaea]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'', '' Klackenb ...
'' Cham. & Schlechtdl.
**'' var. capitata'' Cham. & Schlechtdl.
**'' var. sclerosepala'' (Schinz) Marais
*'' Sebaea chironioides'' Gilg
*'' Sebaea elongata'' E. Mey.
*'' Sebaea erosa'' Schinz
*''Sebaea exacoides
''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 ...
'' (L.) Schinz
*''Sebaea exigua
''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 ...
'' (Oliv.) Schinz
*''Sebaea filiformis
''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 ...
'' Schinz
*''Sebaea fourcadei
''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 ...
'' Marais
*''Sebaea grisebachiana
''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 ...
'' Schinz
*''Sebaea hymenosepala
''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 junodii
''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 ...
'' 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'', '' Klackenb ...
'' N.E.Br.
*''Sebaea leiostyla
''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 longicaulis
''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 ...
'' Schinz
*'' Sebaea macrophylla'' 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.Burtt[Hilliard 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
''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 ...
'' (Labill.) R. Br. - yellow sebaea,[ yellow centaury
*'' Sebaea pentendra'' E. Mey.
**'' var. burchellii'' (Gilg) Marais
**'' var. pentendra'' E. Mey.
*'' Sebaea pleurostigmatosa'' Hilliard & B.L. Burtt][Hilliard 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
References
Gentianaceae
Gentianaceae genera
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