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]
^ abcdKissling, 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. PMID19646540.
^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. ISSN0363-6445.
^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.
^ abc"Sebaea". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
^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.
^ abHilliard 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.