Boraginaceae

Wellstedia Balf.f.

First published in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 12: 407 (1884)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is NE. Tropical & S. Africa.

Descriptions

M. Thulin. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1–4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit
Subshrubs, dwarf shrubs or perennial herbs, silvery pubescent throughout with appressed hairs
Morphology Leaves
Leaves alternate, entire
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers small, regular, in axillary cymes or sometimes solitary in leaf-axils, sessile
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx deeply 4-lobed
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla-tube cylindrical; lobes 4, spreading
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens 4, inserted on corolla-tube, ± exserted
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary 2-celled with 1 pendulous ovule in each cell or one cell sterile; dissepiment thin, hyaline; style terminal; stigma 2-fid to subentire
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit a flattened persistent capsule, subobcordate, oblique, septifragal, 1- or 2-seeded
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds truncate and pitted above with a circle of long rigid hairs in the upper part below the pitted area, acute and shortly pubescent below
Distribution
Genus of six species, five in the Horn of Africa region and one in southern Namibia and the northern Cape Province of South Africa.
[FSOM]

Sources

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0