Wielandia

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Wielandia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily: Phyllanthoideae
Tribe: Wielandieae
Subtribe: Wielandiinae
Genus: Wielandia
Baill.
Type species
Wielandia elegans
Synonyms [1]
  • CharidiaBaill.
  • Petalodiscus(Baill.) Pax
  • BlotiaLeandri

Wielandia is a genus of flowering plant, of the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1858. [2] [3] The plants are native to Kenya, Madagascar, and to various other islands in the Indian Ocean. [1] [4] [5] [6]

Species [1]
  1. Wielandia bemarensis - N Madagascar
  2. Wielandia bojeriana - C Madagascar
  3. Wielandia danguyana - C Madagascar
  4. Wielandia elegans - Aldabra, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar
  5. Wielandia fadenii - SE Kenya, Madagascar
  6. Wielandia laureola - Madagascar
  7. Wielandia leandriana - E Madagascar
  8. Wielandia mimosoides - C + E Madagascar
  9. Wielandia oblongifolia - E Madagascar
  10. Wielandia platyrachis - Madagascar
  11. Wielandia ranavalonae - C Madagascar
  12. Wielandia tanalorum - N + E Madagascar
  13. Wielandia unifex - Madagascar

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References

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  3. Tropicos, Wielandia Baill.
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  5. Hoffmann, P. 1998. Revision of the genus Wielandia (Euphorbiaceae-Phyllanthoideae). Adansonia, sér. 3, 20(2): 333–340.
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