Selago
Genus of flowering plants
Selago | |
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Selago spuria | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
Tribe: | Limoselleae |
Genus: | Selago L. |
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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:
- Selago lepida Hilliard
- Selago nachtigalii Rolfe
References
- ^ a b Selago L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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