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Wiborgia
Genus of legumes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Wiborgia | |
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Wiborgia monoptera | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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] | |
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. |
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