Wellstedia

Wellstedia
Wellstedia socotrana (left)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Subfamily: Boraginoideae
Genus:
Balf.f.
Type species
Wellstedia socotrana
Balf.f.

Wellstedia is a genus of flowering plants traditionally included in the family Boraginaceae s.l., but placed in its own family, Wellstediaceae within the Boraginales order, by the Boraginales Working Group.[1]

Species include:[2]

  • Wellstedia dinteri Pilg.
  • Wellstedia filtuensis D.R.Hunt & Lebrun
  • Wellstedia laciniata Thulin & A.Johanss.
  • Wellstedia robusta Thulin
  • Wellstedia socotrana Balf.f.
  • Wellstedia somalensis Thulin & A.Johanss.

References

  1. ^ BWG 2016.
  2. ^ "Wellstedia Balf.f." Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved July 30, 2020.

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