''Wellstedia'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s traditionally included in the
family
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Boraginaceae
Boraginaceae, the borage or forget-me-not family, includes about 2,000 species of shrubs, trees and herbs in 146, to 156 genera with a worldwide distribution.
The APG IV system from 2016 classifies the Boraginaceae as single family of the order ...
''s.l.'', but placed in its own family, Wellstediaceae within the Boraginales
order, by the Boraginales Working Group.
Species include:
* ''
Wellstedia dinteri''
Pilg.
* ''
Wellstedia filtuensis''
D.R.Hunt & Lebrun
* ''
Wellstedia laciniata''
Thulin & A.Johanss.
* ''
Wellstedia robusta''
Thulin
* ''
Wellstedia socotrana''
Balf.f.
Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour, KBE, FRS, FRSE (31 March 1853 – 30 November 1922) was a Scottish botanist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Glasgow from 1879 to 1885, Sherardian Professor of Botany at the University of Oxf ...
* ''
Wellstedia somalensis''
Thulin & A.Johanss.
References
Bibliography
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Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Boraginaceae genera
Taxa named by Isaac Bayley Balfour
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