Firmiana

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Firmiana
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Firmiana simplex
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Sterculioideae
Genus: Firmiana
Marsili, 1786
Synonyms
  • Erythropsis Lindl.
  • Karaka Raf.

Firmiana [1] is a genus of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, from South, SE to temperate East Asia. [2] It was formerly placed in the now defunct family Sterculiaceae and may sometimes be called the "parasol tree". The genus name honours Karl Joseph von Firmian. [3] The defining characteristic of the genus Firmiana is the development of the fruit. Shortly after pollination the five carpels unfold to be flat and turn green with four developing seeds attached to the edge, fully exposed to the environment. [4]

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Species

Plants of the World Online includes: [2]

  1. Firmiana bracteata DC.
  2. Firmiana calcarea C.F.Liang & S.L.Mo ex Y.S.Huang
  3. Firmiana colorata (Roxb.) R.Br.
  4. Firmiana danxiaensis H.H.Hsue & H.S.Kiu
  5. Firmiana daweishanensis Gui L.Zhang & J.Y.Xiang
  6. Firmiana diversifolia A.Gray
  7. Firmiana fulgens (Wall. ex Mast.) K.Schum.
  8. Firmiana hainanensis Kosterm.
  9. Firmiana kerrii (Craib) Kosterm.
  10. Firmiana kwangsiensis H.H.Hsue
  11. Firmiana major (W.W.Sm.) Hand.-Mazz.
  12. Firmiana malayana Kosterm.
  13. Firmiana minahassae (Koord.) Kosterm.
  14. Firmiana papuana Mildbr.
  15. Firmiana pulcherrima H.H.Hsue
  16. Firmiana simplex (L.) W.Wight — Chinese parasol tree, or wutong [5]
  17. Firmiana subglabra (V.Abraham & Dutt) Kosterm.
  18. Firmiana sumbawaensis Kosterm.

References

  1. ↑ Marsili GM (1786) Saggi Sci. Lett. Accad. Padova i. 106
  2. 1 2 Plants of the World Online: Firmiana Marsili (retrieved 30 November 2024)
  3. ↑ "Firmiana simplex". Plant Finder. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  4. ↑ Corner, Prof. E.J.H. (1989). The Life of Plants. New York: New American Library. pp. 213–214.
  5. ↑ Ya Tang; Michael G. Gilbert & Laurence J. Dorr. "Firmiana". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
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