Wahlenbergia

Wahlenbergia
Wahlenbergia stricta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Subfamily: Campanuloideae
Genus: Wahlenbergia
Schrad. ex Roth (1821), nom. cons.
Species

263; see List of Wahlenbergia species

Synonyms
  • Aikinia (A.DC.) Salisb. ex Fourr. (1869), nom. illeg.
  • Campanopsis (R.Br.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Campanuloides A.DC. (1830)
  • Campanulopsis Zoll. & Moritzi (1844)
  • Cephalostigma A.DC. (1830)
  • Cervicina Delile (1813), nom. rej.
  • Hecale Raf. (1837)
  • Hesperocodon Eddie & Cupido (2014)
  • Ireon Scop. (1777), nom. illeg.
  • Lightfootia L'Hér. (1790), nom. illeg.
  • Petalostima Raf. (1837)
  • Schultesia Roth (1827), nom. illeg.
  • Streleskia Hook.f. (1847)
  • Valvinterlobus Dulac (1867), nom. superfl.

Wahlenbergia is a genus of around 260 species of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae. Plants in this genus are perennial or annual herbs with simple leaves and blue to purple bell-shaped flowers, usually with five petals lobes. Species of Wahlenbergia are native to environments on all continents except North America, and on some isolated islands, but the greatest diversity occurs in the Southern Hemisphere.

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