Wahlenbergia
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Wahlenbergia is a genus of between 150–270 species of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution except for North America; the highest species diversity is in Africa and Australasia. Wahlenbergia species have dispersed widely, even to oceanic islands, and there are four species known from the island of Saint Helena, including the now extinct species W. roxburghii. The genus was named after Göran Wahlenberg (a Swedish botanist who taught at Uppsala University) by German botanist H. A. Schrader (Heinrich Schrader), in 1814.[1]
Selected species
- Africa
- Wahlenbergia androsacea (South Africa)
- Wahlenbergia capensis (South Africa)
- Wahlenbergia capillacea (South Africa)
- Wahlenbergia lobelioides (Canary Islands, Madeira)
- Wahlenbergia perrieri (endemic to Madagascar)
- Wahlenbergia rivularis (South Africa)
- Wahlenbergia undulata (South Africa; giant bellflower)
- Asia
- Wahlenbergia gracilis (also western Pacific Ocean islands)
- Wahlenbergia hirsuta (Himalaya)
- Wahlenbergia marginata (China, Himalaya)
- Wahlenbergia peduncularis (Himalaya)
- Australia
- Wahlenbergia ceracea (Waxy bluebell)
- Wahlenbergia communis (Tufted bluebell)
- Wahlenbergia consimilis
- Wahlenbergia gloriosa (Royal bluebell)
- Wahlenbergia gracilis (Sprawling bluebell)
- Wahlenbergia graniticola
- Wahlenbergia insulae-howei (Lord Howe Island)
- Wahlenbergia multicaulis
- Wahlenbergia saxicola (Rock bluebell)
- Wahlenbergia stricta (Australian bluebell, tall or austral bluebell)
- Europe
- Wahlenbergia hederacea (Ivy-leaved bellflower)
- Wahlenbergia nutabunda
- New Zealand
- Wahlenbergia albomarginata
- Wahlenbergia cartilaginea
- Wahlenbergia congesta
- Wahlenbergia matthewsii
- Wahlenbergia tuberosa
- South America
- Wahlenbergia berteroi (Juan Fernandez Islands)
- Wahlenbergia fernandeziana (Juan Fernandez Islands)
- Wahlenbergia grahamiae (Juan Fernandez Islands)
- Wahlenbergia larraini (Juan Fernandez Islands)
- Wahlenbergia linarioides
- Wahlenbergia peruviana
- Saint Helena (South Atlantic Ocean)
References
- ^ "Australian Floral Emblems – Wahlenbergia gloriosa". Reprinted from an issue of a newsletter of the Canberra Region of SGAP. Australian Plants Online. September 1982. Archived from the original on 23 December 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
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