Lebeckia Thunb.

Description of the genus

Shrubs or subshrubs. Leaves 1–3-foliolate with a distinct petiole, or apparently simple, pulvinate; leaflets needle-like to flat and broad, sometimes lacking; stipules rarely present. Inflorescences terminal sometimes one-sided racemes, or flowers 1–few on short shoots; bracts and bracteoles small. Calyx with subequal often small lobes; standard yellow, elliptic to oblate, glabrous or hairy; keel often a little longer than the standard, curved, apically rounded to shortly and bluntly beaked. Ovary subsessile to stipitate, with fairly numerous ovules. Fruit pod membranous to coriaceous, subsessile to long-stipitate, flattened or less often inflated. Seeds oblong-reniform to oblique-cordiform, with a small hilum.

Worldwide: 35 species in southern Africa.

Botswana: 1 taxon.

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
linearifolia E. Mey.SW

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External websites:

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

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: Lebeckia.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=2061, retrieved 28 March 2024

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