Wellstedia

Wellstedia socotrana

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Boraginaceae
Subfamilia: Wellstedioideae
Genus: Wellstedia
Species: W. dinteri – W. filtuensis – W. laciniata – W. robusta – W. socotrana – W. somalensis

Name

Wellstedia Balf.f., Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb. 12: 407 (1884)

• Type species: Wellstedia socotrana Balf.f., Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb. 12: 408 (1884)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces, Namibia Regional: Eastern Africa Ethiopia, Somalia Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Peninsular Arabia Socotra References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Balfour, I.B. 1884. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 12: 407.

Additional references

• Retief, E. & Van Wyk, A.E. 2008. The genus Wellstedia (Boraginaceae: Wellstedioideae) in southern Africa. Bothalia 38(1): 57–63. DOI: 10.4102/abc.v38i1.261 PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Wellstedia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 09. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Wellstedia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 December 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. Wellstedia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 09. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Wellstedia. Published online. Accessed: December 09 2022.

Vernacular names

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