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Wulfenia
Sign in to saveWulfenia is a plant genus in the family Plantaginaceae. The genus was named after Franz Xaver von Wulfen (1728–1805), an Austrian botanist, zoologist, mineralogist, alpinist, and Jesuit priest. It was first described in 1781 by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin in . It is also in Tribe Veroniceae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyPlantaginaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 11
- With media
- 8
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Collections
- SD, BRIT, VT
- Recorded in
- United States, Pakistan, Italy, Germany
Wikidata facts
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- Parent taxon
- Plantaginaceae
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- Wulfenia carinthiaca1.jpg
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Wulfenia is a plant genus in the family Plantaginaceae. The genus was named after Franz Xaver von Wulfen (1728–1805), an Austrian botanist, zoologist, mineralogist, alpinist, and Jesuit priest. It was first described in 1781 by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin in . It is also in Tribe Veroniceae.
Its native range is from Central Europe (Italy, Albania, Austria and Balkans) to southern Turkey and northern Lebanon and Syria in western Asia.
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