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 and the shape of the testa cells of the seeds.
The name honors Albertus Seba, a Dutch pharmacist, zoologist and collector.
Species include :
- Sebaea albens Roem. & Schult.
- Sebaea albidiflora F.Muell. - white sebaea
- Sebaea ambigua Cham.
- Sebaea amicorum I.M. Oliv. & Beyers
- Sebaea aurea Roem. & Schult.
- Sebaea bojeri Griseb.
- Sebaea brachyphylla Griseb.
- Sebaea capitata Cham. & Schlechtdl.
- *var. capitata Cham. & Schlechtdl.
- *var. sclerosepala Marais
- Sebaea chironioides Gilg
- Sebaea elongata E. Mey.
- Sebaea erosa Schinz
- Sebaea exacoides Schinz
- Sebaea exigua Schinz
- Sebaea filiformis Schinz
- Sebaea fourcadei Marais
- Sebaea grisebachiana Schinz
- Sebaea hymenosepala Gilg
- Sebaea junodii Schinz
- Sebaea laxa N.E.Br.
- Sebaea leiostyla Gilg
- Sebaea longicaulis Schinz
- Sebaea macrophylla Gilg
- Sebaea marlothii Gilg
- Sebaea membranaceae Hill
- Sebaea microphylla Knobl.
- Sebaea micrantha Schinz
- *var. micrantha Schinz
- *var. intermedia Marais
- Sebaea minutiflora Schinz
- Sebaea minutissima Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
- Sebaea natalensis Schinz
- Sebaea ovata R. Br. - yellow sebaea, yellow centaury
- Sebaea pentendra E. Mey.
- *var. burchellii Marais
- *var. pentendra E. Mey.
- Sebaea pleurostigmatosa Hilliard & B.L. Burtt
- Sebaea procumbens A.W. Hill
- Sebaea radiata Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
- Sebaea ramosissima Gilg
- Sebaea rara W. Dod
- Sebaea rehmannii Schinz
- Sebaea repens Schinz
- Sebaea scabra Schinz
- Sebaea schlechteri Schinz
- Sebaea sedoides Gilg
- *var. confertiflora Marais
- *var. sedoides Gilg
- *var. schoenlandii Marais
- Sebaea solaris Kissling
- Sebaea spathulata Steud.
- Sebaea stricta Gilg
- Sebaea sulphurea Cham. & Schlechtdl.
- Sebaea thomasii Schinz
- Sebaea zeyheri Schinz
- *var. acutiloba Marais
- *var. cleistantha Marais
- *var. zeyheri Schinz
