6481.000 Sebaea R. Br.

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs. Stems usually ± 4-ridged or winged. Leaves well-developed or scale-like. Flowers 4-5-merous, terminal, solitary or in cymes, usually yellow. Calyx 4-5-lobed, ± free or with a short tube; lobes keeled or winged. Corolla tube with 4-5(-6) lobes; lobes without glandular nectaries within. Ovary ovoid or almost spherical, 2-locular. Stigma capitate or clavate, ± 2-lobed. Capsule septicidally 2-valved. Seeds very many, minute.

Worldwide: 60 species, Africa to India, Australia and New Zealand

Botswana: 4 taxa.

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
grandis (E. Mey.) Steud.SWDescription, Image
junodii SchinzDescription
microphylla (Edgew.) Knobl.
pentandra E. Mey. var. burchellii (Gilg) MaraisSEDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Sebaea:

Our websites:

Flora of Caprivi: Sebaea
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Sebaea
Flora of Malawi: Sebaea
Flora of Mozambique: Sebaea
Flora of Zambia: Sebaea
Flora of Zimbabwe: Sebaea

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Sebaea
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Sebaea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Sebaea
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Sebaea
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Sebaea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Sebaea
JSTOR Plant Science: Sebaea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Sebaea
Plants of the World Online: Sebaea
Tropicos: Sebaea
Wikipedia: Sebaea

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Botswana: Genus page: Sebaea.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1094, retrieved 29 March 2024

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