Labichea
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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
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(2025)