Lebeckia

Lebeckia
Lebeckia sepiaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Crotalarieae
Genus:	Lebeckia Thunb. (1800)
Species[1]
14; see text

Lebeckia is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae native to the fynbos (Cape Floristic Kingdom) of South Africa. Several members of Lebeckia were recently transferred to other genera (Calobota and Wiborgiella).^[2][3] Members of Lebeckia are known to produce pyrrolizidine alkaloids, including ammodendrine, lebeckianine, and lupanine.^[4][5] The genus was named by Carl Thunberg for his student Heinrich Julius Lebeck.

Species

Lebeckia comprises the following species:^{[1][3][6][7][8][9][10]}

• Lebeckia ambigua E.Mey.
• Lebeckia brevicarpa M.M.le Roux & B.-E.van Wyk
• Lebeckia brevipes M.M.le Roux & B.-E.van Wyk
• Lebeckia contaminata (L.) Thunb.
• Lebeckia gracilis Eckl. & Zeyh.
• Lebeckia grandiflora Benth.
• Lebeckia longipes Bolus
• Lebeckia marginata E. Mey.
• Lebeckia meyeriana Eckl. and Zeyh.
• Lebeckia pauciflora Eckl. & Zeyh.
• Lebeckia plukenetiana E.Mey.
• Lebeckia schlechteriana Schinz (unplaced)
• Lebeckia sepiaria (L.) Thunb.
• Lebeckia uniflora B.-E.van Wyk & M.M.le Roux
• Lebeckia wrightii (Harv.) Bolus
• Lebeckia zeyheri M.M.le Roux & B.-E.van Wyk

References

1. Lebeckia Thunb. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
2. Boatwright JS, le Roux MM, Wink M, Morozova T, Van Wyk BE (2008). "Phylogenetic relationships of tribe Crotalarieae (Fabaceae) inferred from DNA sequences and morphology". Syst Bot. 33 (4): 752–761. doi:10.1600/036364408786500271. JSTOR 40211942.
3. Boatwright JS, Tilney PM, Van Wyk BE (2009). "The generic concept of Lebeckia (Crotalarieae, Fabaceae): reinstatement of the genus Calobota and the new genus Wiborgiella". S Afr J Bot. 75 (3): 546–556. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2009.06.001.
4. Van Wyk BE. (2003). "The value of chemosystematics in clarifying relationships in the Genistoid tribes of papilionoid legumes". Biochem Syst Ecol. 31 (8): 875–884. Bibcode:2003BioSE..31..875V. doi:10.1016/S0305-1978(03)00083-8.
5. Van Wyk BE, Verdoorn GH (1990). "Alkaloids as taxonomic characters in the tribe Crotalarieae (Fabaceae)". Biochem Syst Ecol. 18 (7–8): 503–515. Bibcode:1990BioSE..18..503V. doi:10.1016/0305-1978(90)90122-V.
6. le Roux MM, Van Wyk BE (2007). "A revision of Lebeckia sect. Lebeckia: The L. sepiaria group". S Afr J Bot. 73 (1): 118–130. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2006.09.005.
7. le Roux MM, Van Wyk BE (2008). "A revision of Lebeckia sect. Lebeckia: The L. plukenetiana group (Fabaceae, Crotalarieae)". S Afr J Bot. 74 (4): 660–676. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2008.04.005.
8. le Roux MM, Van Wyk BE (2009). "A revision of Lebeckia sect. Lebeckia: The L. pauciflora and L. wrightii groups (Fabaceae, Crotalarieae)". S Afr J Bot. 75 (1): 83–96. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2008.08.002.
9. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Lebeckia". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
10. USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Lebeckia". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 4 March 2014.