Wahlenbergia

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iWahlenbergia
Wahlenbergia stricta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Asterales Family: Campanulaceae Genus: Wahlenbergia ex Roth
Species
See text.

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.

[edit] Selected species

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

[edit] External links

• plantnet page on wahlenbergia