Wielandia

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]
  1. Wielandia bemarensis - N Madagascar
  2. Wielandia bojeriana - C Madagascar
  3. Wielandia danguyana - C Madagascar
  4. Wielandia elegans - Aldabra, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar
  5. Wielandia fadenii - SE Kenya, Madagascar
  6. Wielandia laureola - Madagascar
  7. Wielandia leandriana - E Madagascar
  8. Wielandia mimosoides - C + E Madagascar
  9. Wielandia oblongifolia - E Madagascar
  10. Wielandia platyrachis - Madagascar
  11. Wielandia ranavalonae - C Madagascar
  12. Wielandia tanalorum - N + E Madagascar
  13. Wielandia unifex - Madagascar

Wielandia
Scientific classification
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]
  • Charidia Baill.
  • Petalodiscus (Baill.) Pax
  • Blotia Leandri

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1858. Étude générale du groupe des Euphorbiacées 568
  3. Tropicos, Wielandia Baill.
  4. 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.
  5. Hoffmann, P. 1998. Revision of the genus Wielandia (Euphorbiaceae-Phyllanthoideae). Adansonia, sér. 3, 20(2): 333–340.
  6. 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


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