Wigandia

Wigandia urens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Boraginales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Boraginales

Familia: Boraginaceae
Subfamilia: Namoideae
Genus: Wigandia
Species: W. brevistyla W. crispa W. ecuadorensis W. pruritiva W. urens W. wurdackiana

Source(s) of checklist: 

Name

Wigandia Kunth, 1818

Synonyms

  • Cohiba Raf.
  • Ernstamra Kuntze

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America and Northern America
    • Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela
  • Introduced into:
    • Canary Is., France, Italy, Madeira, Spain

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Vernacular names

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