Selago welwitschii Rolfe
var. australis Hilliard

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Status: Native
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South Africa
Notes: All material cited by Philcox in Flora Zambesiaca volume 8 part 2: 173 (1990) under var. welwitschii in fact belongs to var. australis.
Derivation of specific name: welwitschii: named after the Austrian botanist, Friedrich Martin Welwitsch (1806-1872)
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Worldwide distribution: Namibia, Botswana and Mpumalanga, Freestate and Northern Cape, South Africa.
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Literature:

Hilliard, O.M. (1999). The tribe Selagineae (Scrophulariaceae) Kew Publishing Pages 227 - 228.

Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Page 173. Included under var. welwitschii

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 105. also as var. welwitschii


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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Selago welwitschii
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Selago welwitschii
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Selago welwitschii
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Selago welwitschii
JSTOR Plant Science: Selago welwitschii
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Selago welwitschii
Plants of the World Online: Selago welwitschii
Tropicos: Selago welwitschii
Wikipedia: Selago welwitschii


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Botswana: Species information: Selago welwitschii var. australis.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=232110, retrieved 30 April 2025

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