Wiborgia
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Wiborgia is an Africa
n genus of the family Fabaceae
. It was named for Erik Viborg
by Carl Peter Thunberg
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Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
n genus of the family Fabaceae
Fabaceae
The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large and economically important family of flowering plants. The group is the third largest land plant family, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with 730 genera and over 19,400 species...
. It was named for Erik Viborg
Erik Viborg
Erik Nissen Viborg was a Danish veterinarian and botanist.Viborg studied veterinary science by P.C. Abildgaard at the Vetarinary School in Copenhagen and soon became the professor’s assistant ....
by Carl Peter Thunberg
Carl Peter Thunberg
Carl Peter Thunberg aka Carl Pehr Thunberg aka Carl Per Thunberg was a Swedish naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. He has been called "the father of South African botany" and the "Japanese Linnaeus"....
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