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]

Wiborgia
Wiborgia monoptera
Scientific classification Edit this 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]
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.

References

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  1. ^ a b Thunberg CP (1800). "Wiborgia". In Thunberg CP (ed.). Nova Genera Plantarum. Vol. 10. p. 137.
  2. ^ Dahlgren R. (1975). "Studies on Wiborgia Thunb. and related species of Lebeckia Thunb. (Fabaceae)". Opera Bot. 38: 1–83.
  3. ^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Wiborgia". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  4. ^ USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Wiborgia". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  5. ^ a b Wiborgia Thunb. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 September 2023.