Labichea
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| Labichea | |
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| Labichea lanceolata Benth. | |
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| Labichea lanceolata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Dialioideae |
| Genus: | Labichea Gaudich. ex DC. (1825) |
| Species[1] | |
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Labichea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 16 species of shrubs native to northern Australia – Queensland, the Northern Territory, and Western Australia. Typical habitats are tropical and seasonally-dry, and include rocky sandstone ravines, coastal sand dunes, desert, and semi-arid woodland and dry scrub, generally on granite or sandstone substrates.[1] It belongs to the subfamily Dialioideae.[2]
The genus consists of the following species:[1]
- Labichea brassii C.T.White & W.D.Francis
- Labichea buettneriana F.Muell.
- Labichea cassioides DC.
- Labichea deserticola J.H.Ross
- Labichea digitata Benth.
- Labichea eremaea C.A.Gardner
- Labichea lanceolata Benth.
- Labichea mulliganensis A.R.Bean
- Labichea nitida Benth.
- Labichea obtrullata J.H.Ross
- Labichea punctata Lindl.
- Labichea rossii N.Gibson
- Labichea rupestris Benth.
- Labichea saxicola J.H.Ross
- Labichea stellata J.H.Ross
- Labichea teretifolia C.A.Gardner
