Wigandia urens

Taxonavigation edit

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

Wigandia urens (Ruiz & Pav.) Kunth, 1819

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.

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

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

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)

English: Caracus wigandia

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