''Wulfenia'' is a plant genus in the family

Plantaginaceae Plantaginaceae, the plantain family, is a large, diverse family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales that includes common flowers such as snapdragon and foxglove. It is unrelated to the banana-like fruit also called "plantain." In older cl ...

. The genus was named after

Franz Xaver von Wulfen Franz Xaver Freiherr von Wulfen (5 November 1728 – 17 March 1805) was an Austrian botanist, zoologist, mineralogist, alpinist, and Jesuit priest. He is credited with discovering the flowering plants ''Wulfenia carinthiaca'', ''Saxifraga mo ...

(1728–1805), an Austrian botanist, zoologist, mineralogist, alpinist, and

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. It was first described in 1781 by

Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin (16 February 172726 October 1817) was a scientist who studied medicine, chemistry and botany. Biography Born in Leiden in the Netherlands, he studied medicine at Leiden University, then moved first to P ...

in . It is also in Tribe Veroniceae. Its native range is from Central Europe (Italy, Albania, Austria and Yugoslavia) to southern Turkey and northern Lebanon and Syria in western Asia.

Species

Accepted by

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Wulfenia baldaccii ''Wulfenia'' is a plant genus in the family Plantaginaceae. The genus was named after Franz Xaver von Wulfen (1728–1805), an Austrian botanist, zoologist, mineralogist, alpinist, and Jesuit priest. It was first described in 1781 by Nikolaus Jo ...

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Wulfenia carinthiaca ''Wulfenia carinthiaca'', commonly known as wulfenia, is a plant in the plantain family. It is endemic to the Gartnerkofel mountain of the Carnic Alps at the Austria, Austro-Italian border. It was discovered in 1779 by Franz Xaver von Wulfen, f ...

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Wulfenia glanduligera ''Wulfenia'' is a plant genus in the family Plantaginaceae. The genus was named after Franz Xaver von Wulfen (1728–1805), an Austrian botanist, zoologist, mineralogist, alpinist, and Jesuit priest. It was first described in 1781 by Nikolaus Jo ...

'' * '' Wulfenia orientalis'' The genus is recognized by the

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and the

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, but they only list the following species; ''Wulfenia amherstiana'' , ''Wulfenia baldaccii'' and ''Wulfenia carinthiaca''

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Plantaginaceae Plantaginaceae genera Taxa named by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin Plants described in 1781 Flora of Austria Flora of Italy Flora of Albania Flora of Yugoslavia Flora of Lebanon Flora of Syria {{Plantaginaceae-stub