Wulfenia

Wulfenia
	Carinthian wulfenia ( Wulfenia carinthiaca )
Systematics
	Asterids
	Euasterids I
Order :	Mint family (Lamiales)
Family :	Plantain family (Plantaginaceae)
Tribe :	Veroniceae
Genre :	Wulfenia
Scientific name
	Wulfenia
	Jacq.

Wulfenia baldaccii

The Wulfenien ( Wulfenia ) are a plant genus in the family of plantain plants . They are named after the discoverer of the type species , Franz Xaver Freiherr von Wulfen .

features

The representatives are perennial rosette plants. Their leaves are undivided and alternate or basal.

The inflorescence is a cluster that arises laterally. The main axis continues to grow vegetatively. The calyx is evenly five-lobed. The crown is two-lipped, the corolla tube is longer than it is wide. There are two stamens , the filaments of which are almost completely fused with the corolla tube. The scar is head-shaped and outlined.

The fruits are many-seeded capsules that open with four flaps.

Systematics and distribution

Within the Plantaginaceae , the genus Wulfenia is placed in the tribe Veroniceae.

It consists of three types, after the types occurring in the Himalayas are placed in their own genera, Wulfeniopsis (two types) and Kashmiria (one type). The following species belong to Wulfenia :

Wulfenia baldaccii sword ; Parun area ( Prokletije Mountains, Northern Albania)
Carinthian Wulfenia ( Wulfenia carinthiaca Jacq. ) In the Prokletije Mountains (Balkans) and in the Carnic Alps (Austria / Italy)
Wulfenia orientalis Boiss. in the Amanus Mountains north of Antakya .

The genus has been known since the Tertiary . Their area is very disjoint and is interpreted as the remainder of what was once a much larger distribution in Southwest Asia and Southeast Europe.

supporting documents

Siegmund Seybold (Ed.): Schmeil-Fitschen interactive (CD-Rom), Quelle & Meyer, Wiebelsheim 2001/2002, ISBN 3-494-01327-6

Individual evidence

↑ D. C. Albach, H. M. Meudt, B. Oxelman: Piecing together the "new" Plantaginaceae , In: American Journal of Botany , Volume 92, pp. 297-315, 2005, full text .
↑ ^a ^b M. Staudinger: Wulfenia carinthiaca , in: Wolfgang Rabitsch, Franz Essl: Endemiten - Treasures in Austria's flora and fauna . Natural Science Association for Carinthia and the Federal Environment Agency, Klagenfurt and Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-85328-049-2 , pp. 253f.

Web links

Commons : Wulfenia - collection of images, videos and audio files

[1] D. C. Albach, H. M. Meudt, B. Oxelman: Piecing together the "new" Plantaginaceae , In: American Journal of Botany , Volume 92, pp. 297-315, 2005, full text .

[Endemiten-2] M. Staudinger: Wulfenia carinthiaca , in: Wolfgang Rabitsch, Franz Essl: Endemiten - Treasures in Austria's flora and fauna . Natural Science Association for Carinthia and the Federal Environment Agency, Klagenfurt and Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-85328-049-2 , pp. 253f.