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The Genus Wightia Wall. in India with a discussion on its Systematic Position


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1 Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Sibpur, India
 

The paper deals with the taxonomy and distribution of the genus Wightia Wall. in india. A discussion on the systematic position of the genus is presented. It is suggested here that the tribe Paulownieae (including Paulownia Sieb. & Zucc., Wightia Wall., and Brandisia Hook. f. & Thoms.) should be removed from the Scrophulariaceae and assigned its proper place in the Bignoniaceae. An emended and amplified description of the tribe Paulownieae Pennell emend. Maheshwari, is also given.
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J. K. Maheshwari
Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Sibpur, India

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The paper deals with the taxonomy and distribution of the genus Wightia Wall. in india. A discussion on the systematic position of the genus is presented. It is suggested here that the tribe Paulownieae (including Paulownia Sieb. & Zucc., Wightia Wall., and Brandisia Hook. f. & Thoms.) should be removed from the Scrophulariaceae and assigned its proper place in the Bignoniaceae. An emended and amplified description of the tribe Paulownieae Pennell emend. Maheshwari, is also given.