Wigandia urens, also known as "chichicastle manso"
Wigandia is a genus of flowering plants within the waterleaf subfamily, Hydrophylloideae. They are found mainly in Central America and South America, though one or two species are found as far north as the United States. Some are grown as ornamental plants and will flourish in most Mediterranean or temperate regions. The genus is named for Johann Wigand (c. 1523–1587), German Lutheran cleric and theologian, and Bishop of Pomesania.[1]
Within the Hydrophylloideae, Wigandia species are unusual in having minute seeds and a high base chromosome number (19); it is also the only neotropical genus in the subfamily.[2]
Some species originally classified in Wigandia are now treated in other genera, e.g. Eriodictyon. There is a group of closely related genera within the Hydrophylloideae subfamily, and it is likely that further taxonomic work will result in additional reclassifications. A recent molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Hydrophylloideae[3] included two Wigandia species (W. caracasana and W. urens), and confirmed that they lay within a clade that includes Eriodictyon, and also the genera Nama and Turricula.
The genus as currently recognized comprises over 20 species, including the following:
Wigandia brevistyla Cornejo[4]
Wigandia caracasana
Wigandia crispa
Wigandia darii
Wigandia disparaginoides
Wigandia ecuadorensis Cornejo[5]
Wigandia ericodes
Wigandia herbacea
Wigandia imperialis
Wigandia kraussii
Wigandia kunthii
Wigandia lasiocarpa
Wigandia laxifolia
Wigandia leucocephala
Wigandia macrophylla
Wigandia peruviana
Wigandia pruritiva
Wigandia reflexa
Wigandia scorpioides
Wigandia seriphiodes
Wigandia urens
Wigandia vigieri
Wigandia wurdackiana
Species formerly classified within Wigandia include:
Eriodictyon californicum (formerly W. californica)
^"CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants" - Umberto Quattrocchi
^Constance, L. (1963). Chromosome number and classification in Hydrophyllaceae. Brittonia, 15, 273-285.
^Ferguson, D. M. (1998). Phylogenetic analysis and relationships in Hydrophyllaceae based on ndhF sequence data. Systematic Botany, 23, 253-268.
^Cornejo, X. (2007). Wigandia brevistyla: a new Hydrophyllaceae from the Dominican republic. Anales Del Jardin Botanico De Madrid, 64, 63-67.
^Cornejo, X. (2006). Wigandia ecuadorensis (Hydrophyllaceae), a new species of the tropical dry forests on the west coast of Ecuador. Novon, 16, 324-327.
in length. When first described, it was placed in genus Wigandia, so its basionym is Wigandia californica. The leaves have historically been used to treat...
Wigandia caracasana, the Caracus wigandia, is a species of ornamental plant. It is an evergreen that grows to a height of up to 3 metres (10 ft). It has...
Miltitzia Nama Nemophila Phacelia Pholistoma Romanzoffia Tricardia Turricula Wigandia e.g. Gottschling, M., Hilger, H.H., Wolf, M. & Diane, N. (2001). Secondary...
(such as Salvia, Mentha, Monarda and Hyptis), Hydrophylloideae (such as Wigandia) and Verbenaceae species (such as Verbena and Lantana). "Sphingidae Taxonomic...
(such as Salvia, Mentha, Monarda and Hyptis), Hydrophylloideae (such as Wigandia) and Verbenaceae species (such as Verbena and Lantana). "Sphingidae Taxonomic...
probably feed on Lamiaceae (such as Salvia), Hydrophylloideae (such as Wigandia) and Verbenaceae species (such as Lantana). "CATE Creating a Taxonomic...
(such as Salvia, Mentha, Monarda and Hyptis), Hydrophylloideae (such as Wigandia) and Verbenaceae species (such as Verbena and Lantana). "CATE Creating...
held until his death in 1587. He is commemorated in the botanical genus Wigandia. Gnesio-Lutherans (in German) de:s:ADB:Wigand, Johann Wigand, Johann (Salmonsens...
term "subfamily") that includes Eriodictyon, and also the genera Nama and Wigandia. However, other molecular data support placing the plant in Eriodictyon...
(such as Salvia, Mentha, Monarda and Hyptis), Hydrophylloideae (such as Wigandia) and Verbenaceae species (such as Verbena and Lantana). "Sphingidae Taxonomic...
(such as Salvia, Mentha, Monarda and Hyptis), Hydrophylloideae (such as Wigandia) and Verbenaceae species (such as Verbena and Lantana). "Sphingidae Taxonomic...
discovered on September 29, 1973 W. leucocephala Wigandia leucocephala, a flowering plant species in the genus Wigandia Lomandra leucocephala subsp. leucocephala...
heterophylla, Thunbergia grandiflora, Thunbergia coccinea, Thunbergia mysorensis, Wigandia urens, and Yucca australis. The first index seminum or seed list of the...
probably feed on Lamiaceae (such as Salvia), Hydrophylloideae (such as Wigandia) and Verbenaceae species (such as Lantana). "CATE Creating a Taxonomic...
(such as Salvia, Mentha, Monarda and Hyptis), Hydrophylloideae (such as Wigandia) and Verbenaceae species (such as Verbena and Lantana). "Sphingidae Taxonomic...
(such as Salvia, Mentha, Monarda and Hyptis), Hydrophylloideae (such as Wigandia) and Verbenaceae species (such as Verbena and Lantana). "Sphingidae Taxonomic...
(such as Salvia, Mentha, Monarda and Hyptis), Hydrophylloideae (such as Wigandia) and Verbenaceae species (such as Verbena and Lantana). Wikispecies has...
per year with adults on wing from July to September. The larvae feed on Wigandia urens. "Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory: Lintneria lugens". sphingidae.myspecies...
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