| Wellstedia | |
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| Wellstedia socotrana (left) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Wellstediaceae Novák |
| Genus: | Wellstedia Balf.f. |
| Type species | |
| Wellstedia socotrana Balf.f.
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Wellstedia is a genus of flowering plants traditionally included in the family Boraginaceae s.l., but placed in its own family, Wellstediaceae, within the order Boraginales, by the Boraginales Working Group.1 It is the only genus in the family.2
Species include:3
- Wellstedia dinteri Pilg.
- Wellstedia filtuensis D.R.Hunt & Lebrun
- Wellstedia laciniata Thulin & A.Johanss.
- Wellstedia robusta Thulin
- Wellstedia socotrana Balf.f.
- Wellstedia somalensis Thulin & A.Johanss.
References
References
- BWG 2016.
- "Wellstediaceae Novák". World Flora Online. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
- "Wellstedia Balf.f." Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
Bibliography
Bibliography
- Luebert, Federico; Cecchi, Lorenzo; Frohlich, Michael W.; Gottschling, Marc; Guilliams, C. Matt; Hasenstab-Lehman, Kristen E.; Hilger, Hartmut H.; Miller, James S.; Mittelbach, Moritz; Nazaire, Mare; Nepi, Massimo; Nocentini, Daniele; Ober, Dietrich; Olmstead, Richard G.; Selvi, Federico; Simpson, Michael G.; Sutorý, Karel; Valdés, Benito; Walden, Genevieve K.; Weigend, Maximilian (24 June 2016). "Boraginales Working Group: Familial classification of the Boraginales". Taxon. 65 (3): 502–522. doi:10.12705/653.5. hdl:2158/1062790.