Welwitschiella is a genus of African plants in the tribe Astereae within the family Asteraceae.[2][3]
| Welwitschiella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Astereae |
| Subtribe: | Grangeinae |
| Genus: | Welwitschiella O.Hoffm. 1894 not Engl. 1899 (Menispermaceae)[1] |
| Species: | W. neriifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Welwitschiella neriifolia | |
- Species
There is only one known species, Welwitschiella neriifolia, native to Angola, Zaïre, and Zambia.[2][4][5]
References
edit- ^ Tropicos, search for Welwitschiella
- ^ a b Hoffmann, Karl August Otto. 1894. Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien 4(5): 390-391 in German
- ^ Tropicos, Welwitschiella nereifolia O. Hoffm.
- ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ^ Luc Brouillet, Arne A. Anderberg, Guy L. Nesom, Timothy K. Lowrey and Lowell E. Urbatsch. 2009. Welwitschiella is a member of the African subtribe Grangeinae (Asteraceae Astereae): a new phylogenetic position based on ndhf and ITS sequence data. Kew Bulletin 64(4): 645-660
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