Hedbergia

Hedbergia abyssinica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Orobanchaceae
Tribus: Rhinantheae
Genus: Hedbergia
Species: H. abyssinica – H. decurva – H. longiflora

Name

Hedbergia Molau, Nordic J. Bot. 8(2): 194 (1988).

• Type species: Hedbergia abyssinica (Hochst. ex Benth.) Molau

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Nigeria. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Rwanda, Zaire. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Malawi, Zambia. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Arabian Peninsula Yemen. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Molau, U. 1988. Hedbergia, a new genus of Scrophulariaceae from Africa. Nordic Journal of Botany 8(2): 193–195. DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1988.tb00500.x . Reference page. 

Additional references

• Scheunert, A., Fleischmann, A., Olano-Marin, C., Bräuchler, C. & Heubl, G. 2012. Phylogeny of tribe Rhinantheae (Orobanchaceae) with a focus on biogeography, cytology and re-examination of generic concepts. Taxon 61(6): 1269–1285. DOI: 10.1002/tax.616008 . JSTOR . ResearchGate . Reference page.  (!1281). Two more species, Hedbergia decurva and Hedbergia longiflora, are transferred to Hedbergia.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Hedbergia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 December 09. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Hedbergia. Accessed: 9 Dec 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2014. Hedbergia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Feb. 2014.
• International Plant Names Index. 2014. Hedbergia. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 28 2014.