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Capebells
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Capebells

Wahlenbergia

Wahlenbergia is a genus of between 150–270 species of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution except for North America; the highest species diversity is in Africa and Australasia. Wahlenbergia species have dispersed widely, even to oceanic islands, and there are four species known from the island of Saint Helena, including the now extinct species W. roxburghii. The genus was named after Göran Wahlenberg (a Swedish botanist who taught at Uppsala University) by...

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60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

southern rockbell

speciesWahlenbergia marginata

Australian Bluebell

speciesWahlenbergia gracilis

Australian bluebell

speciesWahlenbergia stricta

African Blue Bell

speciesWahlenbergia undulata

New Zealand Harebell

speciesWahlenbergia albomarginata

Cape Bluebell

speciesWahlenbergia capensis

Ivy-leaved Bellflower

speciesWahlenbergia hederacea

Tufted Bluebell

speciesWahlenbergia capillaris

New Zealand bluebell

speciesWahlenbergia violacea

Fine Capebell

speciesWahlenbergia tenella

Creeping Capebell

speciesWahlenbergia procumbens

Wahlenbergia pygmaea

speciesWahlenbergia pygmaea

Yellow-Wash Bluebell

speciesWahlenbergia luteola

Wahlenbergia nodosa

speciesWahlenbergia nodosa

Wahlenbergia linarioides

speciesWahlenbergia linarioides

Hare-Bell

speciesWahlenbergia androsacea

Wahlenbergia lobelioides

speciesWahlenbergia lobelioides

Wahlenbergia desmantha

speciesWahlenbergia desmantha

Fairy Bellflower

speciesWahlenbergia krebsii

Waxy Bluebell

speciesWahlenbergia ceracea

Wahlenbergia subulata

speciesWahlenbergia subulata

Annual Bluebell

speciesWahlenbergia gracilenta

Wahlenbergia loddigesii

speciesWahlenbergia loddigesii

Royal Bluebell

speciesWahlenbergia gloriosa

South Coast Capebell

speciesWahlenbergia cinerea

Wahlenbergia longifolia

speciesWahlenbergia longifolia

Wahlenbergia thunbergii

speciesWahlenbergia thunbergii

Wahlenbergia huttonii

speciesWahlenbergia huttonii

Wahlenbergia lycopodioides

speciesWahlenbergia lycopodioides

Wahlenbergia virgata

speciesWahlenbergia virgata

Tadgell's Bluebell

speciesWahlenbergia multicaulis

Limestone Capebell

speciesWahlenbergia calcarea

Wahlenbergia parvifolia

speciesWahlenbergia parvifolia

Wahlenbergia cuspidata

speciesWahlenbergia cuspidata

Showy Bluebell

speciesWahlenbergia annularis

Wahlenbergia obovata

speciesWahlenbergia obovata

Wahlenbergia neorigida

speciesWahlenbergia neorigida

Wahlenbergia gymnoclada

speciesWahlenbergia gymnoclada

Wahlenbergia paniculata

speciesWahlenbergia paniculata

Pale Capebell

speciesWahlenbergia albens

Wahlenbergia rupestris

speciesWahlenbergia rupestris

Wahlenbergia grandiflora

speciesWahlenbergia grandiflora

West Coast Capebell

speciesWahlenbergia adpressa

Wahlenbergia oxyphylla

speciesWahlenbergia oxyphylla

Scallop Capebell

speciesWahlenbergia cernua

Blushing Capebell

speciesWahlenbergia rubens

Wahlenbergia ramosa

speciesWahlenbergia ramosa

Axil Capebell

speciesWahlenbergia axillaris

Wahlenbergia queenslandica

speciesWahlenbergia queenslandica

Wahlenbergia vernicosa

speciesWahlenbergia vernicosa

Wahlenbergia magaliesbergensis

speciesWahlenbergia magaliesbergensis

Wahlenbergia fluminalis

speciesWahlenbergia fluminalis

Tufted Bluebell

speciesWahlenbergia graniticola

Wahlenbergia madagascariensis

speciesWahlenbergia madagascariensis

Mallee Annual-bluebell

speciesWahlenbergia tumidifructa

Stemless Capebell

speciesWahlenbergia acaulis

Asparagus-like Capebell

speciesWahlenbergia asparagoides

Wahlenbergia rivularis

speciesWahlenbergia rivularis

Wahlenbergia saxicola

speciesWahlenbergia saxicola

Wahlenbergia denticulata

speciesWahlenbergia denticulata

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