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]

Labichea
Labichea lanceolata Benth.
Labichea lanceolata
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

16; see text

The genus consists of the following species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Labichea Gaudich. ex DC". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  2. ^ 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.