Wulfenia Explained

Wulfenia is a plant genus in the family Plantaginaceae. The genus was named after Franz Xaver von Wulfen (1728–1805), an Austrian botanist, zoologist, mineralogist, alpinist, and Jesuit priest.[1] It was first described in 1781 by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin in . It is also in Tribe Veroniceae.

Its native range is from Central Europe (Italy, Albania, Austria and Yugoslavia) to southern Turkey and northern Lebanon and Syria in western Asia.[2]

Species

Accepted by Plants of the World Online;[2]

The genus is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, but they only list the following species; Wulfenia amherstiana, Wulfenia baldaccii and Wulfenia carinthiaca [3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Gledhill , D. . The Names of Plants. Cambridge University Press. 2008. 978-0-521-86645-3. 348190404. 20 April 2019. 408.
  2. Web site: Wulfenia Jacq. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 14 January 2022 . en.
  3. Web site: Species of Wulfenia Jacq. . npgsweb.ars-grin.gov . 15 January 2022.