Wallenia Explained

Wallenia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae endemic to the West Indies. It is composed of 29 species.^[1] It also includes a subgenus, Homowallenia, with ten species from the northern Caribbean.^[2]

Species

• Wallenia apiculata
• Wallenia aquifolia
• Wallenia bumelioides
• Wallenia calyptrata
• Wallenia clusioides
• Wallenia corymbosa
• Wallenia crassifolia
• Wallenia discolor
• Wallenia ekmanii
• Wallenia elliptica
• Wallenia erythrocarpa
• Wallenia fawcettii
• Wallenia formonensis
• Wallenia gracilis
• Wallenia hughsonii
• Wallenia ilicifolia
• Wallenia jacquinioides
• Wallenia lamarckiana
• Wallenia laurifolia
• Wallenia lepperi
• Wallenia maestrensis
• Wallenia punctulata
• Wallenia purdieana
• Wallenia subverticillata
• Wallenia sylvestris
• Wallenia urbaniana
• Wallenia venosa
• Wallenia xylosteoides
• Wallenia yunquensis

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wallenia Sw. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . 2024-02-03 . Plants of the World Online . en.
2. Valdés . Cristina Panfet . Rodríguez . Iralys Ventosa . Wallenia maestrensis (Myrsinaceae), a new species from eastern Cuba . Willdenowia . 2000 . en . 30 . 1 . 141–145 . 10.3372/wi.30.30113 . 0511-9618.