Welwitschiella

Welwitschiella is a genus of African plants in the aster tribe within the daisy family.[3][4]

Species

Welwitschiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Astereae[1]
Subtribe:
Grangeinae[1]
Genus:
Welwitschiella

O.Hoffm. 1894 not Engl. 1899 (Menispermaceae)[2]
Binomial name
Welwitschiella neriifolia

There is only one known species, Welwitschiella neriifolia, native to Angola, Zaïre, and Zambia.[3][5][1]

References
  1. Luc Brouillet, Arne A. Anderberg, Guy L. Nesom, Timothy K. Lowrey and Lowell E. Urbatsch. 2009. Welwitschiella is a member of the African subtribe Grangeinae (Asteraceae Astereae): a new phylogenetic position based on ndhf and ITS sequence data. Kew Bulletin 64(4): 645-660
  2. Tropicos, search for Welwitschiella
  3. Hoffmann, Karl August Otto. 1894. Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien 4(5): 390-391 in German
  4. Tropicos, Welwitschiella nereifolia O. Hoffm.
  5. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist


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