Labichea Explained

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. It belongs to the subfamily Dialioideae.

The genus consists of the following species:

• 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