Wielandia
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Phyllanthoideae |
| Tribe: | Wielandieae |
| Subtribe: | Wielandiinae |
| Genus: | Wielandia Baill. |
| Type species | |
| Wielandia elegans | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Wielandia is a genus of flowering plant, of the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1858.[2][3] The plants are native to Kenya, Madagascar, and to various other islands in the Indian Ocean.[1][4][5][6]
- Species[1]
- Wielandia bemarensis - N Madagascar
- Wielandia bojeriana - C Madagascar
- Wielandia danguyana - C Madagascar
- Wielandia elegans - Aldabra, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar
- Wielandia fadenii - SE Kenya, Madagascar
- Wielandia laureola - Madagascar
- Wielandia leandriana - E Madagascar
- Wielandia mimosoides - C + E Madagascar
- Wielandia oblongifolia - E Madagascar
- Wielandia platyrachis - Madagascar
- Wielandia ranavalonae - C Madagascar
- Wielandia tanalorum - N + E Madagascar
- Wielandia unifex - Madagascar
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 568
- ^ Tropicos, Wielandia Baill.
- ^ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Hoffmann, P. 1998. Revision of the genus Wielandia (Euphorbiaceae-Phyllanthoideae). Adansonia, sér. 3, 20(2): 333–340.
- ^ Schatz, G. E., S. Andriambololonera, Andrianarivelo, M. W. Callmander, Faranirina, P. P. Lowry, P. B. Phillipson, Rabarimanarivo, J. I. Raharilala, Rajaonary, Rakotonirina, R. H. Ramananjanahary, B. Ramandimbisoa, A. Randrianasolo, N. Ravololomanana, Z.S. Rogers, C.M. Taylor & G. A. Wahlert. 2011. Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden