Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Gentianales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Gentianaceae
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Sebaea Sol. ex R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 451 (1810)
 Description

Fls 4–5-merous, in terminal dichotomous cymes; calyx-lobes sts keeled or winged, corolla-tube cylindric, lobes yellow, contorted in bud. Stamens at throat or on tube of corolla, filaments short; anthers introrse. Ovary 2-loculed, placentae large; style filiform, stigma clavate or capitate. Capsule ± globose, septicidally 2-valved. Seeds ∞, minute, testa reticulate. Erect glab. annual herbs of wide distribution in Old World, with opp. sessile lvs.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Number of species in New Zealand within Sebaea Sol. ex R.Br.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Non-endemic)1
Total1
 Bibliography
Brown, R. 1810: Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen. Johnson, London.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.