Sebaea

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Sebaea
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Sabaea exacoides
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Gentianaceae
Tribe: Exaceae
Genus: Sebaea
Sol. ex R.Br.
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Sebaea is a genus of annual plants in the family Gentianaceae. [1] Species occur in Africa, Madagascar, India, China, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand. [1] [2] The genus was paraphyletic and has been split in four genera: Exochaenium , Klackenbergia , Lagenias and Sebaeas.str.. [1] [3] [4] Synapomorphies for Sebaea s.str. include the presence of extra stigma along the style [5] (called diplostigmaty [6] [7] ) and the shape of the testa cells of the seeds. [1]

The name honors Albertus Seba (1665–1736), a Dutch pharmacist, zoologist and collector. [8]

Species include (non exhaustive list):

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gentianaceae</span> Family of flowering plants comprising gentians

Gentianaceae is a family of flowering plants of 103 genera and about 1600 species.

<i>Exochaenium</i> Genus of flowering plants

The genus Exochaenium is endemic to sub-Saharan Africa, with species occurring in most tropical and sub-tropical regions of the continent, particularly on the Katanga plateau, with many extending to the Sudano-Zambesian and Guineo-Congolian regions. The genus is monophyletic and is used to study the variation and evolution of herkogamy.

<i>Klackenbergia</i> Genus of flowering plants

Klackenbergia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the gentian family (Gentianaceae) and the tribe Exaceae. It only contains two species, both endemic to Madagascar. They are notable for their inflorescence with characteristic long bracts and bracteoles and sub-sessile flowers arranged in axillary fascicules at each node.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Exaceae</span> Tribe of flowering plants

Exaceae is a flowering plant tribe in the family Gentianaceae. Exaceae comprises about 180 species assigned to eight monophyletic genera, with major centres of endemism in continental Africa, Madagascar and the southern tip of India and Sri Lanka (14 endemic species).

Diplostigmaty refers, in botany, to the presence of extra stigmas along the style. This condition is known from the genus Sebaea. It is thought to provide reproductive assurance.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kissling, Jonathan; Yuan, Yong-Ming; Küpfer, Philippe; Mansion, Guilhem (December 2009). "The polyphyletic genus Sebaea (Gentianaceae): A step forward in understanding the morphological and karyological evolution of the Exaceae". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 53 (3): 734–748. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.07.025. PMID   19646540.
  2. Pirie, Michael; Litsios, Glenn; Bellstedt, Dirk; Salamin, Nicolas; Kissling, Jonathan (June 2015). "Back to Gondwanaland: can ancient vicariance explain (some) Indian Ocean disjunct plant distributions?". Biology Letters. 11 (6): 20150086. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2015.0086. PMC   4528461 . PMID   26063747.
  3. Kissling, Jonathan (2012-01-01). "Taxonomy of Exochaenium and Lagenias: Two Resurrected Genera of Tribe Exaceae (Gentianaceae)". Systematic Botany. 37 (1): 238–253. doi:10.1600/036364412X616800. ISSN   0363-6445.
  4. Kissling, Jonathan; Buerki, Sven; Mansion, Guilhem (2009-08-01). "Klackenbergia (Gentianaceae – Exaceae), a new endemic genus from Madagascar". Taxon. 58 (3): 907–912. doi:10.1002/tax.583018.
  5. Kissling, Jonathan; Endress, Peter K.; Bernasconi, Giorgina (2009). "Ancestral and monophyletic presence of diplostigmaty in Sebaea (Gentianaceae) and its potential role as a morphological mixed mating strategy" (PDF). New Phytologist. 184 (2): 303–310. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.03000.x. PMID   19796337.
  6. Marloth, R. (1909). "A diplostigmatic plant, Sebaea exacoides (L.) Schinz (Belmontia cordata L.)". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. 1: 311–314. doi:10.1080/00359190909520037.
  7. Kissling, Jonathan; Barrett, Spencer C.H. (2013). "Diplostigmaty in plants: a novel mechanism that provides reproductive assurance". Biology Letters. 9 (5): 20130495. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2013.0495. PMC   3971688 . PMID   23945209.
  8. 1 2 3 "Sebaea". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  9. Oliver, I.M.; Beyers, J.B.P. (2001). "A new species of Sebaea from the Swartberg range Western Cape, South Africa". Bothalia. 31 (2): 207–209. doi: 10.4102/abc.v31i2.526 .
  10. Hilliard O.M. and Burtt B.L. 1982. Notes on some plants of Southern Africa chiefly from Natal: IX. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburg 40, 247-298.
  11. 1 2 Hilliard O.M. and Burtt B.L. 1983. Notes on some plants of Southern Africa chiefly from Natal: X. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburg 41, 304-306.
  12. Kissling, Jonathan; Zeltner, Louis (2019). "Sebaea solaris (Gentianaceae), a new species from the Western cape of South Africa". South African Journal of Botany. 123: 20–22. doi: 10.1016/j.sajb.2019.02.002 .