| Wimmerella | |
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| Wimmerella hedyotidea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Campanulaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lobelioideae |
| Genus: | Wimmerella Serra, M.B.Crespo & Lammers |
Wimmerella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Campanulaceae. [1] It is also in the Lobelioideae subfamily.
It is native to the Cape Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal within South Africa. [1]
There are 10 accepted species; [1]
The genus name of Wimmerella is in honour of Franz Elfried Wimmer (1881–1961), an Austrian clergyman and botanist, also professor of natural history in Istanbul, Turkey and specialist in Lobeliaceae. [2] It was first described and published in Novon Vol.9 on page 415 in 1999. [1]
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