8668.000 Wahlenbergia
LIGHTFOOTIA L'Hér.
Clarke, H. & Charters, M. (ed. Moll, E.) (2016) The Illustrated Dictionary of Southern African Plant Names Jacana Media, South Africa
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial herbs or small shrubs. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite. Calyx lobes (3-)5. Flowers actinomorphic. Corolla ± deeply (3-)5-lobed. Stamens (3-)5. Ovary subinferior to rarely subsuperior, 2-5-locular. Style shorter or longer than the corolla, the upper part with pollen-collecting hairs, glabrous or hairy below, eglandular or with small glands present at or near the base of the 2-5 style lobes. Capsule loculicidal, dehiscing by as many apical valves as there are loculi in the ovary. Seeds numerous. Derivation of name: after Georg Göran Wahlenberg (1780–1851), Swedish naturalist, geographer, doctor and professor of botany at the University of Uppsala. (Clarke, Charters & Moll-Ed.: 358, 2016). Worldwide: 200 species, more or less cosmopolitan, but especially southern temperate zones Malawi: 20 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| abyssinica (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Thulin | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| capillacea (L.f.) A. DC. subsp. tenuior (Engl.) Thulin | C,S | Description, Image |
| capitata (Baker) Thulin | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| collomioides (A. DC.) Thulin | N | |
| denticulata (Burch.) A. DC. | C | Description, Image |
| erecta (Roth ex Roem. & Schult.) Tuyn | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| flexuosa (Hook. f. & Thomson) Thulin | N,C | |
| hirsuta (Edgew.) Tuyn | N,S | Description |
| huttonii (Sond.) Thulin | N | |
| madagascariensis A. DC. | S | Description, Image |
| napiformis (A. DC.) Thulin | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| paludicola Thulin | N | Description |
| perrottetii (A. DC.) Thulin | N | |
| ramosissima (Hemsl.) Thulin subsp. centiflora Thulin | S | |
| ramosissima (Hemsl.) Thulin subsp. oldenlandioides Thulin | N | |
| ramosissima (Hemsl.) Thulin subsp. ramosissima | N | |
| ramosissima (Hemsl.) Thulin subsp. subcapitata Thulin | N | |
| subaphylla (Baker) Thulin subsp. thesioides Thulin | N | |
| undulata (L.f.) A. DC. | N,S | Description, Image |
| virgata Engl. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
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Flora of Rwanda: Wahlenbergia
Flora of Zambia: Wahlenbergia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Wahlenbergia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): WahlenbergiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Wahlenbergia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Wahlenbergia
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Wahlenbergia
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Wahlenbergia
Plants of the World Online: Wahlenbergia
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Wikipedia: Wahlenbergia