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''Wiborgia'' is a genus of plants in the legume family,
Fabaceae The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomenc ...
. It includes nine species of shrubs
endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to the Cape Provinces of
South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
. They grow in
fynbos Fynbos (; meaning fine plants) is a small belt of natural shrubland or heathland vegetation located in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. This area is predominantly coastal and mountainous, with a Mediterranean clim ...
or renosterveld (Mediterranean-climate shrubland), mostly in sandy flats and rocky areas. The genus was named for
Erik Viborg Erik Nissen Viborg (5 April 1759 – 25 September 1822) was a Danish veterinarian and botanist. Viborg studied veterinary science by P.C. Abildgaard at the Veterinary School in Copenhagen and soon became the professor’s assistant (in 1783). F ...
by
Carl Peter Thunberg Carl Peter Thunberg, also known as Karl Peter von Thunberg, Carl Pehr Thunberg, or Carl Per Thunberg (11 November 1743 – 8 August 1828), was a Swedish naturalist and an "apostle" of Carl Linnaeus. After studying under Linnaeus at Uppsala Un ...
.


References

* Crotalarieae Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces Fabaceae genera {{Faboideae-stub