Coldenia

Coldenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Subfamily: Cordioideae
Genus: Coldenia
L.
Species:
C. procumbens
Binomial name
Coldenia procumbens
Synonyms
  • Lobophyllum F.Muell. (1857)
  • Monomesia Raf. (1838)
  • Coldenia angolensis Welw. (1859)
  • Lobophyllum tetrandrum F.Muell. (1857)
  • Waltheria microphylla Miq. ex C.B.Clarke (1883), not validly publ.

Coldenia, named after C. Colden, is a monotypic genus of flowering plants traditionally included in the borage family, Boraginaceae sensu lato. It was assigned to the subfamily Ehretioideae, but molecular data revealed it to be more closely related to the genus Cordia, so that other authors placed in Cordioideae. Subsequently, it was placed in its own family, Coldeniaceae, within the Boraginales order, by the Boraginales Working Group.

The sole species is Coldenia procumbens.