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
References
- ^ a b c "Labichea Gaudich. ex DC". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
- ^ The Legume Phylogeny Working Group (LPWG). (2017). "A new subfamily classification of the Leguminosae based on a taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny". Taxon. 66 (1): 44–77. doi:10.12705/661.3. hdl:10568/90658.