Selago

Selago
Selago spuria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Tribe: Limoselleae
Genus: Selago
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Synonyms[1]
  • Camphorata Fabr. (1759)
  • Kuritis Raf. (1837)
  • Macria (E.Mey.) Spach (1840)
  • Manettia Boehm. (1760), nom. rej.
  • Noltia Eckl. ex Steud. (1841), pro syn.
  • Pechuelia Kuntze (1886)
  • Vormia Adans. (1763)
  • Walafrida E.Mey. (1838)

Selago is a genus of plants in the family Scrophulariaceae, closely related to Scrophularia and Verbascum.[2] It contains around 190 species, mostly in southern Africa,[3] ranging from Kenya and Democratic Republic of the Congo to South Africa, and including Madagascar.[1]

Two species are listed on the IUCN Red List:

References

  1. ^ a b Selago L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  2. ^ E. Fischer (2004). "Scrophulariaceae". In Joachim W. Kadereit (ed.). Flowering Plants, Dicotyledons: Lamiales (except Acanthaceae including Avicenniaceae). The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Vol. 7. Springer. pp. 333–432. ISBN 9783540405931.
  3. ^ David J. Mabberley (2008). Mabberley's Plant-book: a Portable Dictionary of Plants, their Classifications, and Uses (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 787. ISBN 9780521820714.
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