Firmiana
| Firmiana | |
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| Firmiana simplex | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Sterculioideae |
| Genus: | Firmiana Marsili, 1786 |
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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 Firmiana spp. 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]
Species
Plants of the World Online includes:[2]
- Firmiana bracteata DC.
- Firmiana calcarea C.F.Liang & S.L.Mo ex Y.S.Huang
- Firmiana colorata (Roxb.) R.Br.
- Firmiana danxiaensis H.H.Hsue & H.S.Kiu
- Firmiana daweishanensis Gui L.Zhang & J.Y.Xiang
- Firmiana diversifolia A.Gray
- Firmiana fulgens (Wall. ex Mast.) K.Schum.
- Firmiana hainanensis Kosterm.
- Firmiana kerrii (Craib) Kosterm.
- Firmiana kwangsiensis H.H.Hsue
- Firmiana major (W.W.Sm.) Hand.-Mazz.
- Firmiana malayana Kosterm.
- Firmiana minahassae (Koord.) Kosterm.
- Firmiana papuana Mildbr.
- Firmiana pulcherrima H.H.Hsue
- Firmiana simplex (L.) W.Wight — Chinese parasol tree, or wutong[5]
- Firmiana subglabra (V.Abraham & Dutt) Kosterm.
- Firmiana sumbawaensis Kosterm.
Gallery
Firmiana colorata
Firmiana colorata
Firmiana malayana
References
- ^ Marsili GM (1786) Saggi Sci. Lett. Accad. Padova i. 106
- ^ a b Plants of the World Online: Firmiana Marsili (retrieved 30 November 2024)
- ^ "Firmiana simplex". Plant Finder. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- ^ Corner, Prof. E.J.H. (1989). The Life of Plants. New York: New American Library. pp. 213–214.
- ^ 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.
External links
Media related to Firmiana at Wikimedia Commons- Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2014). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
