''Wellstedia'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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s traditionally included in the
family
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Boraginaceae
Boraginaceae, the Borago, borage or forget-me-not family, includes about 2,000 species of shrubs, trees, and herbs in 146 to 154 genus, genera with a worldwide distribution.
The APG IV system from 2016 classifies the Boraginaceae as single famil ...
''s.l.'', but placed in its own family, Wellstediaceae within the Boraginales
order
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...
, by the Boraginales Working Group.
Species include:
* ''
Wellstedia dinteri''
Pilg.
* ''
Wellstedia filtuensis''
D.R.Hunt & Lebrun
* ''
Wellstedia laciniata''
Thulin & A.Johanss.
* ''
Wellstedia robusta''
Thulin
* ''
Wellstedia socotrana''
Balf.f.
Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour, KBE, FRS, FRSE (31 March 1853 – 30 November 1922) was a Scottish botanist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Glasgow from 1879 to 1885, Sherardian Professor of Botany at the University of Oxfor ...
* ''
Wellstedia somalensis''
Thulin & A.Johanss.
References
Bibliography
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Boraginaceae genera
Taxa named by Isaac Bayley Balfour
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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