Campanulaceae
Wahlenbergia

Wahlenbergia virgata Engl.

First published in Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 400 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to S. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Caminho, J., Mutemba, L., Matusse, E., Osborne, J., Wursten, B., Burrows, J., Cianciullo, S., Malatesta, L. & Attorre, F. (2022). An updated checklist of Mozambique’s vascular plants. PhytoKeys 189: 61-80.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hedberg, I., Kelbessa, E., Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Persson, E. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 5: 1-690. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Lammers, T.G. (2007). World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae: 1-675. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Caminho, J., Mutemba, L., Matusse, E., Osborne, J., Wursten, B., Burrows, J., Cianciullo, S., Malatesta, L. & Attorre, F. (2022). An updated checklist of Mozambique’s vascular plants. PhytoKeys 189: 61-80.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.D.Q. Agnew, Upland Kenya Wild Flowers p. 513, 512 (fig.) (1974).
  • A.J. Jex-Blake, Some Wild Flowers of Kenya p. 86 (1948), excl. fig. 65.
  • Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux.) p. 1055 (1965).
  • Engl., Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 400 (1895).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 72 (1956).
  • T.C.E. Fries in Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahelm 8: 397 (1923).
  • Thulin in Symb. Bot. Upsal. 21(1): 81, fig. 2/A, 6/C, D, 12/O, 16 (1975).
  • v. Brehm. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 53: 121 (1915).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 15, 2019 Osborne, J. [JO1494] Mozambique K001346200 Yes
Jan 1, 1975 Buchanan, J. [911] Malawi K000228961 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1975 Whyte, A. [s.n.] Malawi K000228960 Lectotype Yes
Jan 1, 1975 [illegible] [s.n.] K000228959 Type Yes
Conrath [557] South Africa K000229039 Type Yes
Harris, T. [332] Mozambique K000613768 No
Harris, T. [433] Mozambique K000613869 No
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Malawi K000228964 Type Yes
Buchanan, J. [124] Malawi K000228962 Unknown Type Material Yes
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Malawi K000228963 Type Yes
Verdcourt, B.; Greenway, P.J. [402] Kenya K:SPC-10010.000 No
Bolus, H. [1197] South Africa K000229040 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0