Wahlenbergia Schrad. ex Roth

First published in Nov. Pl. Sp.: 399 (1821), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Old World to W. Europe, Colombia to S. South America.

Distribution

Native to:

Algeria, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Assam, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile South, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, France, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ireland, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kazan-retto, Kenya, Kermadec Is., Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Mali, Maluku, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nigeria, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Oman, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Queensland, Rwanda, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Selvagens, Senegal, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, Spain, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Uganda, Uruguay, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alabama, Arkansas, Ascension, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Lammers, T.G. (2007). World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae: 1-675. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • von Brehmer in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 53: 9 (1915). Nom. cons.
  • —F.T.A. 3: 477

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Nov. Pl. Sp.: 399 (1821) nom. conserv.
  • Thulin in Symb. Bot. Ups. 21, 1: 70 (1975).
  • von Brehmer in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 53: 9–143 (1915).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Nov. Pl. Sp.: 399 (1821)
  • Thulin in Symb. Bot. Upsal. 21(1) (1975), nom. conserv.
  • v. Brehm. in E.J. 53: 9–143 (1915)

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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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