Wiborgia is a genus of plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It includes nine species of shrubs endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. They grow in fynbos or renosterveld (Mediterranean-climate shrubland), mostly in sandy flats and rocky areas.[5] The genus was named for Erik Viborg by Carl Peter Thunberg.[1]
| Wiborgia | |
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| Wiborgia monoptera | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Crotalarieae |
| Genus: | Wiborgia Thunb. (1800), nom. cons.[1] |
| Species[2][3][4] | |
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| Synonyms[5] | |
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Jacksonago Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 191 (1891) Loethainia Heynh. in Nom. Bot. Hort.: 883 (1841) Peltaria Burm. ex DC. in Prodr. 2: 420 (1825), pro syn. | |
References
edit- ^ a b Thunberg CP (1800). "Wiborgia". In Thunberg CP (ed.). Nova Genera Plantarum. Vol. 10. p. 137.
- ^ Dahlgren R. (1975). "Studies on Wiborgia Thunb. and related species of Lebeckia Thunb. (Fabaceae)". Opera Bot. 38: 1–83.
- ^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Wiborgia". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
- ^ USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Wiborgia". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
- ^ a b Wiborgia Thunb. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
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