Wellstedia

Wellstedia
Wellstedia socotrana (left)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Boraginales
Family:	Wellstediaceae Novák
Genus:	Wellstedia Balf.f.
Type species
Wellstedia socotrana Balf.f.

Wellstedia is a genus of flowering plants traditionally included in the family Boraginaceae s.l., but placed in its own family, Wellstediaceae, within the order Boraginales, by the Boraginales Working Group. ^[1] It is the only genus in the family. ^[2]

Species include: ^[3]

• Wellstedia dinteri Pilg.
• Wellstedia filtuensis D.R.Hunt & Lebrun
• Wellstedia laciniata Thulin & A.Johanss.
• Wellstedia robusta Thulin
• Wellstedia socotrana Balf.f.
• Wellstedia somalensis Thulin & A.Johanss.

References

1. BWG 2016.
2. "Wellstediaceae Novák". World Flora Online . Retrieved 2025-12-17.
3. "Wellstedia Balf.f." Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved July 30, 2020.

Bibliography

• Luebert, Federico; Cecchi, Lorenzo; Frohlich, Michael W.; Gottschling, Marc; Guilliams, C. Matt; Hasenstab-Lehman, Kristen E.; Hilger, Hartmut H.; Miller, James S.; Mittelbach, Moritz; Nazaire, Mare; Nepi, Massimo; Nocentini, Daniele; Ober, Dietrich; Olmstead, Richard G.; Selvi, Federico; Simpson, Michael G.; Sutorý, Karel; Valdés, Benito; Walden, Genevieve K.; Weigend, Maximilian (24 June 2016). "Boraginales Working Group: Familial classification of the Boraginales". Taxon . 65 (3): 502–522. doi:10.12705/653.5. hdl: 2158/1062790 .