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 |
Firmiana[1] is a genus of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, formerly placed in the now defunct Sterculiaceae; it may sometimes be called the "parasol tree". The genus name honours Karl Joseph von Firmian.[2] 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.[3]
Species
[edit]The Catalogue of Life lists 16 species:[4]
- Firmiana calcarea
- Firmiana colorata
- Firmiana danxiaensis
- Firmiana diversifolia
- Firmiana fulgens
- Firmiana hainanensis
- Firmiana kerrii
- Firmiana kwangsiensis
- Firmiana major
- Firmiana malayana
- Firmiana minahassae
- Firmiana papuana
- Firmiana philippinensis
- Firmiana pulcherrima
- Firmiana simplex — Chinese parasol tree, or wutong[5]
- Firmiana sumbawaensis
Gallery
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Firmiana malayana
References
[edit]- ^ Marsili GM (1786) Saggi Sci. Lett. Accad. Padova i. 106
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
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Media related to Firmiana at Wikimedia Commons
