Wightia

Wightia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Paulowniaceae
Genus: Wightia
Wall.
Species: W. speciosissima
Binomial name
Wightia speciosissima
(D.Don) Merr.
Synonyms
  • Gmelina speciosissima D.Don
  • Wightia alpinii Craib
  • Wightia elliptica Merr.
  • Wightia gigantea Wall.
  • Wightia lacei Craib

Wightia speciosissima is a species of flowering plant in the family Paulowniaceae, and the only species in the genus Wightia.[1] It grows as a tree, or a hemiepiphytic pseudovine, up to 15 metres (49 ft) tall.[2] It is found in South Asia and South East Asia, from Nepal and India to Thailand, Vietnam and China's Yunnan Province, at altitudes below 2,500 m (8,200 ft).[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Wightia". The Plant List. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hong et al. (1998), pp. 10–11.

Bibliography

  • Deyuan Hong, Hanbi Yang, Cun-li Jin, Manfred A. Fischer, Noel H. Holmgren & Robert R. Mill (1998). "Scrophulariaceae A. L. Jussieu". In Wu Zheng-yi & Peter H. Raven. Scrophulariaceae through Gesneriaceae. Flora of China 18. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. pp. 1–212. ISBN 9780915279555.