Wahlenbergia

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iWahlenbergia
Wahlenbergia stricta
Wahlenbergia stricta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Genus: Wahlenbergia
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Species

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Wahlenbergia is a genus of between 150-270 species of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution except for North America; the highest species diversity is in Africa and Australasia. Wahlenbergia species have dispersed widely, even to oceanic islands, and there are four species known from the island of St Helena, including the now extinct species W. roxburghii.

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Africa
  • Wahlenbergia androsacea (South Africa)
  • Wahlenbergia capillacea (South Africa)
  • Wahlenbergia lobelioides (Canary Islands, Madeira)
  • Wahlenbergia perrieri (endemic to Madagascar)
  • Wahlenbergia rivularis (South Africa)
  • Wahlenbergia undulata (South Africa; Giant Bellflower)
Asia
  • Wahlenbergia gracilis (also western Pacific Ocean islands)
  • Wahlenbergia hirsuta (Himalaya)
  • Wahlenbergia marginata (China, Himalaya)
  • Wahlenbergia peduncularis (Himalaya)
Australia
  • Wahlenbergia ceracea (Waxy Bluebell)
  • Wahlenbergia communis (Tufted Bluebell)
  • Wahlenbergia consimilis
  • Wahlenbergia gloriosa (Royal Bluebell)
  • Wahlenbergia gracilis (Sprawling Bluebell)
  • Wahlenbergia multicaulis
  • Wahlenbergia saxicola (Rock Bluebell)
  • Wahlenbergia stricta (Australian Bluebell, Tall or Austral Bluebell)
Europe
  • Wahlenbergia hederacea (Ivy-leaved Bellflower)
  • Wahlenbergia nutabunda
New Zealand
  • Wahlenbergia albomarginata
  • Wahlenbergia cartilaginea
  • Wahlenbergia congesta
  • Wahlenbergia matthewsii
  • Wahlenbergia tuberosa
South America
  • Wahlenbergia linarioides
  • Wahlenbergia peruviana
St Helena (South Atlantic Ocean)

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