Sterculia africana

Sterculia africana

Sterculia africana

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: Sterculia
Species: Sterculia africana

Name

Sterculia africana (Lour.) Fiori, 1912

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Clompanus africana (Lour.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 77 (1891)
  • Sterculia triphaca R.Br. in Pterocymbium: 228 (1844), nom. superfl.
  • Triphaca africana Lour. in Fl. Cochinch.: 577 (1790)
• Heterotypic
  • Clompanus arabica (T.Anderson) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 78 (1891)
  • Sterculia abyssinica R.Br. in Pterocymbium: 227 (1844)
  • Sterculia africana var. socotrana (K.Schum.) Fiori in Boschi Piante Legnose dell'Eritrea: 260 (1912)
  • Sterculia arabica T.Anderson in J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 5(Suppl. 1): 9 (1860)
  • Sterculia guerichii K.Schum. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 144 (1894)
  • Sterculia ipomoeifolia Garcke in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 1): 130 (1861)
  • Sterculia triphaca var. guerichii K.Schum. in Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 5: 106 (1900)
  • Sterculia triphaca var. socotrana K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 5: 106 (1900)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Western Africa Angola, Namibia Regional: Central Africa Botswana, Caprivi Strip, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe Regional: Eastern Africa Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania Continental: Asia-temperate Regional: Peninsular Arabia Oman, Socotra, Yemen References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Fiori, A., 1912. Agricoltura Coloniale. Florence 5(Suppl.):37.

Additional references

• Cheek, M. & Dorr, L. (2007). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Sterculiaceae: 1-134.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Sterculia africana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 November 05. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Sterculia africana. Published online. Accessed: November 05 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Sterculia africana. 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 05. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Sterculia africana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 November 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sterculia africana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Afrikaanse sterkastaiing, Afrikasterkastaiing, Bosluisboom
العربية: بوهن إفريقي
English: African star-chestnut, Tick tree
chiShona: Munera, Mungosa, Murere, Mutedza, Mutsvedza
isiZulu: umKukubuyu (Nd)

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