Wigandia urens

Wigandia urens

Wigandia urens

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: Namoideae
Genus: Wigandia
Species: Wigandia urens

Name

Wigandia urens (Ruiz & Pav.) Kunth, 1819

Synonyms

• Cohiba urens Raf.
• Ernstamra caracasana (Kunth) Kuntze
• Ernstamra macrophylla Kuntze
• Ernstamra scorpioides (Choisy) Kuntze
• Ernstamra urens (Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze
• Wigandia caracasana Kunth
• Wigandia caracasana var. calycina Brand
• Wigandia caracasana var. eucaracasana Brand
• Wigandia caracasana var. macrophylla (Schltdl. & Cham.) Brand
• Wigandia caracasana var. viscosa (Donn.Sm.) J.F.Macbr.
• Wigandia caracasana f. viscosa Donn.Sm.
• Wigandia darii Ram.Goyena
• Wigandia imperialis Jacob-Makoy, Nursery Cat. (L. Jacob-Makoy & Co.) 114: 9 (1870)
• Wigandia kunthii var. eukunthii Brand
• Wigandia kunthii var. intermedia Brand
• Wigandia kunthii var. macrophylla (Schltdl. & Cham.) Choisy
• Wigandia kunthii var. viscosa Brand
• Wigandia macrophylla Schltdl. & Cham.
• Wigandia peruviana W.T.Mill.
• Wigandia scorpioides Choisy
• Wigandia urens (L.) Urb.
• Wigandia urens f. africana (Brand) Verdc.
• Wigandia urens var. caracasana (Kunth) D.N.Gibson
• Wigandia vigieri Carrière
• Hydrolea auriculata Moc. ex Choisy
• Hydrolea caracassana Steud.
• Hydrolea mollis Willd. ex Spreng.
• Hydrolea scorpioides Moc. ex Choisy
• Hydrolea urens Ruiz & Pav.
• Nicotiana urens L.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Northern South America Colombia, Venezuela Regional: Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Trinidad-Tobago Continental: Northern America Regional: Western South America Peru Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Canary Is., France, Italy, Madeira, Spain References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kunth, C.S. in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, 1819. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum 3: 127

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Wigandia urens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Wigandia urens. Published online. Accessed: Oct 25 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Wigandia urens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Oct 2020.
• Catalogue of Life: 2023 Annual Checklist
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Wigandia urens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.
• IUCN: Wigandia urens (Ruiz & Pav.) Kunth  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Caracus wigandia

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