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Sebaea
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 affinis Welw.
- Sebaea albens (L. f.) Roem. & Schult.
- Sebaea albidiflora F.Muell. - White Sebaea
- Sebaea aurea (L. f.) Roem. & Schult.
- Sebaea bojeri Griseb.
- Sebaea brachyphylla Griseb.
- Sebaea chironioides Gilg
- Sebaea erosa Schinz
- Sebaea exacoides (L.) Schinz
- Sebaea grisebachiana Schinz
- Sebaea leiostyla Gilg
- Sebaea longicaulis Schinz
- Sebaea macrophylla Gilg
- Sebaea microphylla (Edgew.) Knobl.
- Sebaea natalensis Schinz
- Sebaea ovata (Labill.) R. Br. - Yellow Sebaea, Yellow Centaury
- Sebaea procumbens A.W. Hill
- Sebaea rehmannii Schinz
- Sebaea schlechteri Schinz
- Sebaea spathulata Steud.
- Sebaea stricta (E. Mey.) Gilg
- Sebaea thomasii Schinz