Weldenia
Encyclopedia
Weldenia is a monotypic genus
of flowering plant
in the Commelinaceae
family. It has one single species: Weldenia candida Schult.f.,, which grows originally in Mexico
and Guatemala
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
in the Commelinaceae
Commelinaceae
Commelinaceae is a family of flowering plants. In less formal contexts, the group is referred to as the dayflower family or spiderwort family. It is one of five families in the order Commelinales and by far the largest of these with an estimated 650 species in 40 genera. Well known genera include...
family. It has one single species: Weldenia candida Schult.f.,, which grows originally in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
and Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
.
Synomyms
- Rugendasia majalis Schiede ex Schltdl. (1841).
- Weldenia schultesii Schltdl. (1841).
- Lampra volcanica Benth. (1842).
- Rugendasia majalis' Ehrenb. ex Hook.f. (1895).
- Weldenia candida f. caerulea Matuda (1959 publ. 1960).