Wurmbea
Encyclopedia
Wurmbea is a genus
of perennial herbs that are native
to Africa
and Australia
. There are about 40 species, with about half endemic to each continent.
Recently the circumscription of the genus Wurmbea has been increased to incorporate to include Onixotis punctata and Onixotis stricta
African species include:
Australian species include:
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 perennial herbs that are native
Indigenous (ecology)
In biogeography, a species is defined as native to a given region or ecosystem if its presence in that region is the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention. Every natural organism has its own natural range of distribution in which it is regarded as native...
to Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. There are about 40 species, with about half endemic to each continent.
Recently the circumscription of the genus Wurmbea has been increased to incorporate to include Onixotis punctata and Onixotis stricta
African species include:
- Wurmbea angustifolia B.Nord.
- Wurmbea burttii B.Nord.
- Wurmbea capensis Thunb.
- Wurmbea compacta B.Nord.
- Wurmbea dolichantha B.Nord.
- Wurmbea elatior B.Nord.
- Wurmbea elongata B.Nord.
- Wurmbea hiemalis B.Nord.
- Wurmbea inusta (Baker) B.Nord.
- Wurmbea kraussii Baker
- Wurmbea marginata (Desr.) B.Nord.
- Wurmbea minima B.Nord.
- Wurmbea monopetala (L.f.) B.Nord.
- Wurmbea punctata
- Wurmbea pusilla E.Phillips
- Wurmbea recurva B.Nord.
- Wurmbea robusta B.Nord.
- Wurmbea spicata (Burm.f.) T.Durand & Schinz
- Wurmbea stricta
- Wurmbea tenuis (Hook.f.) Baker
- Wurmbea variabilis B.Nord.
Australian species include:
- Wurmbea australis (R.J.Bates) R.J.Bates
- Wurmbea biglandulosa (R.Br.) T.D.Macfarl.
- Wurmbea calcicola T.D.Macfarl.
- Wurmbea centralis T.D.Macfarl.
- Wurmbea cernua T.D.Macfarl.
- Wurmbea citrina (R.J.Bates) R.J.Bates
- Wurmbea decumbens R.J.Bates
- Wurmbea densiflora (Benth.) T.D.Macfarl.
- Wurmbea deserticola T.D.Macfarl.
- Wurmbea dilatata T.D.Macfarl.
- Wurmbea dioicaWurmbea dioicaWurmbea dioica is a herb that is native to Australia....
(R.Br.) F.Muell. - Early Nancy - Wurmbea drummondii Benth.
- Wurmbea graniticola T.D.Macfarl.
- Wurmbea inflata T.D.Macfarl. & A.Case
- Wurmbea inframediana T.D.Macfarl.
- Wurmbea latifolia T.D.Macfarl.
- Wurmbea monanthaWurmbea monanthaWurmbea monantha is a perennial herb that is native to Western Australia. The white to pink flowers are produced between July and September in its native range....
(Endl.) T.D.Macfarl. - Wurmbea murchisoniana T.D.Macfarl.
- Wurmbea nilpinna R.J.Bates
- Wurmbea odorata T.D.Macfarl.
- Wurmbea pygmaea (Endl.) Benth.
- Wurmbea saccata S.J.Leeuwen
- Wurmbea sinora T.D.Macfarl.
- Wurmbea stellata R.J.Bates
- Wurmbea tenella (Endl.) Benth.
- Wurmbea tubulosa Benth.
- Wurmbea uniflora (R.Br.) T.D.Macfarl.