''Wiborgia'' is a genus of plants in the legume family,

Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...

. It includes nine species of shrubs

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to the

Cape Provinces The Cape Provinces of South Africa is a biogeographical area used in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD). It is part of the WGSRPD region 27 Southern Africa. The area has the code "CPP". It includes the Sou ...

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

. They grow in

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 ...

renosterveld Renosterveld is a term used for one of the major plant communities and vegetation types of the Cape Floristic Region (Cape Floral Kingdom) which is located in southwestern and southeastern South Africa, in southernmost Africa. It is an ecoregion ...

(Mediterranean-climate shrubland), mostly in sandy flats and rocky areas. The genus was named for

Erik Viborg Erik Nissen Viborg (5 April 1759 – 25 September 1822) was a Danish veterinarian and botanist. Early life and education Viborg was born on 5 April 1759 in , Sønderjylland, the son of parish priest Carl Viborg (1706–82) and Marie Sophie Friis ...

Carl Peter Thunberg Carl Peter Thunberg, also known as Karl Peter von Thunberg, Carl Pehr Thunberg, or Carl Per Thunberg (11 November 1743 – 8 August 1828), was a Sweden, Swedish Natural history, naturalist and an Apostles of Linnaeus, "apostle" of Carl Linnaeus ...

References

* Crotalarieae Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces Fabaceae genera {{Faboideae-stub