Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Family
Boraginaceae
Genus
Wigandia Kunth
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Wigandia urens (Ruiz & Pav.) Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 3, 127–128 (1819)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Hydrolea urens Ruiz & Pav., Fl. Peruv. [Ruiz & Pavon] 21–22, pl. 243 (1802)
  • = Wigandia caracasana Kunth in Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 3, 128–129 (1819)
  • ≡ Wigandia urens var. caracasana (Kunth) D.N.Gibson, Fieldiana, Bot. n.s. 31: 353 (1966)
 Biostatus
Exotic
 Bibliography
Gibson, D.N. 1968: Studies in American plants. Fieldiana, Botany, new series, 31(15): 353–354.
Humboldt, F.W.H.A.; Bonpland, A.J.A.; Kunth, K.S. 1818–1820 ("1818"): Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto ed.) . Vol. 3.
Ruiz, H.; Pavon, J.A. 1802: Flora Peruvianae, et Chilensis Prodromus. Vol. 3. Gabrielis de Sancha, Madrid.
Wilcox, M.D. 2012: Auckland's Remarkable Urban Forest. Auckland Botanical Society Bulletin 29: [1]–[348].