8668.000 Wahlenbergia Schrad. ex Roth

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

Zambia: 20 taxa.

Wahlenbergia virgata

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SpeciesFZ divisionsProvincesContent
abyssinica (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) ThulinB,W,ENw,Cb,E,WDescription, Image
banksiana A. DC.B,CLk,WDescription, Image
campanuloides (Delile) VatkeBW
capitata (Baker) ThulinN,W,C,E,SCb,N,E,C,Lk,SDescription, Image
cephalodina Thulin[DD]BNw
collomioides (A. DC.) ThulinN,W,SCb,N,C
denticulata (Burch.) A. DC.N,C,E,SN,E,Lk,SDescription, Image
erecta (Roth ex Roem. & Schult.) TuynW,C,E,SCb,E,Lk,SDescription, Image
hirsuta (Edgew.) TuynN,W,C,SNw,N,Lk,SDescription
napiformis (A. DC.) ThulinB,N,W,C,E,SNw,Cb,N,E,CDescription, Image
paludicola ThulinN,W,C,SCb,Lp,N,C,SDescription
pulchella Thulin subsp. mbalensis ThulinNN
pulchella Thulin subsp. paradoxa ThulinNN
ramosissima (Hemsl.) Thulin subsp. centiflora ThulinN,WNw,N
ramosissima (Hemsl.) Thulin subsp. oldenlandioides ThulinWNw
ramosissima (Hemsl.) Thulin subsp. richardsiae Thulin[VU]NN
ramosissima (Hemsl.) Thulin subsp. zambiensis ThulinN,W,SCb,N,Mc,C
undulata (L.f.) A. DC.B,SS,WDescription, Image
upembensis ThulinNN
virgata Engl.N,EN,McDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Wahlenbergia:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Wahlenbergia
Flora of Burundi: Wahlenbergia
Flora of Caprivi: Wahlenbergia
Flora of the DRC: Wahlenbergia
Flora of Malawi: Wahlenbergia
Flora of Mozambique: Wahlenbergia
Flora of Rwanda: Wahlenbergia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Wahlenbergia

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Wahlenbergia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Wahlenbergia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Wahlenbergia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Wahlenbergia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Wahlenbergia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Wahlenbergia
JSTOR Plant Science: Wahlenbergia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Wahlenbergia
Plants of the World Online: Wahlenbergia
Tropicos: Wahlenbergia
Wikipedia: Wahlenbergia

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Wahlenbergia.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1454, retrieved 8 October 2024

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