Firmiana

Firmiana simplex

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malvales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Sterculioideae
Genus: Firmiana
Species: F. bracteata – F. calcarea – F. colorata – F. danxiaensis – F. diversifolia – F. fulgens – F. hainanensis – F. kerrii – F. kwangsiensis – F. major – F. malayana – F. minahassae – F. papuana – F. philippinensis – F. pulcherrima – F. simplex – F. subglabra – F. sumbawaensis

Source(s) of checklist:
'eFloras 2008. Firmiana in Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. The Plant List 2013. Version 1.1 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2015 Nov 17.

Name

Firmiana Marsili (1786)

• Type species: Firmiana platanifolia (L.) Schott & Endl.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Firmiana sect. Eufirmiana (Schott & Endl.) Terrac., Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 1: 55. 1897 [1].
  • Sterculia subg. Firmiana (Marsili) R.Br. in Bennet, Pl. Jav. Rar. 3: 235. 1844 [2].

• Heterotypic
  • Erythropsis Lindl. ex Schott & Endl., Melet. Bot. 33. 1832.
    • Firmiana sect. Erythropsis (Lindl. ex Schott & Endl.) Terrac., Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 1: 55. 1897 [3].
      • Type species: Erythropsis roxburghiana Schott & Endl, nom. illeg.
  • Karaka Raf., Sylva Tellur. 72. 1838.
    • Type species: Karaka colorata Raf.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical Asia Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Fiji, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya Introduced into: Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Korea, Louisiana, Mauritius, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Marsili, G.M. (1786) Saggi Sci. Lett. Accad. Padova 1: 114, 116.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2001. World Checklist of Seed Plants. Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919 [unavailable to the public]. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Firmiana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 November 04. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Firmiana. Published online. Accessed: November 04 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Firmiana. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 November 04. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Firmiana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 November 2023.

Vernacular names

مصرى: فيرميانا
беларуская: Фирмиана فارسی: سیدالاشجا
English: parasoltrees
മലയാളം: кырык
русский: Фирмиана
Tiếng Việt: Chi Ngô đồng
中文: 梧桐属

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