Biology:Wightia
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Paulowniaceae |
| Genus: | Wightia Wall. |
| Species: | W. speciosissima
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| Wightia speciosissima (D.Don) Merr.
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Wightia is a genus of flowering plants tentatively sister to the Phrymaceae which currently contains only two species. It grows as a tree, or a hemiepiphytic pseudo-vine, up to 15 metres (49 ft) tall.[1] It is found in South Asia and South East Asia, from Nepal and India to Thailand, Vietnam and China's Yunnan Province, at altitudes below 2,500 m (8,200 ft).[1] There are still morphological characters as well as nuclear genome data to support Wightia as sister to Paulownia leading it to be of proposed hybrid origin from Phrymaceae and Paulowniaceae[2]. Due to chloroplast and mitochondrial data showing Wightia as sister to Phrymaceae it is proposed that a new family Wightiaceae be recognized[3].
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hong et al. (1998), pp. 10–11.
- ↑ Xia, Zhi; Wen, Jun; Gao, Zhiming (2019-04-30). "Does the Enigmatic Wightia Belong to Paulowniaceae (Lamiales)?". Frontiers in Plant Science 10: 528. doi:10.3389/fpls.2019.00528. ISSN 1664-462X. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2019.00528/full.
- ↑ Liu, Bing; Tan, Yun‐Hong; Liu, Su; Olmstead, Richard G.; Min, Dao‐Zhang; Chen, Zhi‐Duan; Joshee, Nirmal; Vaidya, Brajesh N. et al. (2019-09-03). "Phylogenetic relationships of Cyrtandromoea and Wightia revisited: A new tribe in Phrymaceae and a new family in Lamiales". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. doi:10.1111/jse.12513. ISSN 1674-4918.
Bibliography
- Deyuan Hong; Hanbi Yang; Cun-li Jin; Manfred A. Fischer; Noel H. Holmgren; Robert R. Mill (1998). "Scrophulariaceae A. L. Jussieu". Scrophulariaceae through Gesneriaceae. Flora of China. 18. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. pp. 1–212. ISBN 9780915279555.
Wikidata ☰ Q5222145 entry
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