Firmiana

Firmiana
	Firmiana simplex
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Subfamily:	Sterculioideae
Genus:	Firmiana; Marsili, 1786

Short description: Genus of flowering plants

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]

Species

The Catalogue of Life lists 16 species:^[3]

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^[4]
Firmiana sumbawaensis

Gallery

Firmiana colorata
Firmiana colorata
Firmiana malayana

References

↑ Marsili GM (1786) Saggi Sci. Lett. Accad. Padova i. 106
↑ "Firmiana simplex". Plant Finder. Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/plant-finder/plant-details/kc/c819/firmiana-simplex.aspx. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
↑ Roskov Y.; Kunze T. (2014). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist.". in Didžiulis V.. Species 2000: Reading, UK.. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2014/browse/tree/id/17210779. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
↑ Ya Tang; Michael G. Gilbert. "Firmiana". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=112820. Retrieved 24 March 2013.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q427914 entry

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[1] Marsili GM (1786) Saggi Sci. Lett. Accad. Padova i. 106

[2] "Firmiana simplex". Plant Finder. Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/plant-finder/plant-details/kc/c819/firmiana-simplex.aspx. Retrieved 24 March 2013.

[COL-3] Roskov Y.; Kunze T. (2014). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist.". in Didžiulis V.. Species 2000: Reading, UK.. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2014/browse/tree/id/17210779. Retrieved 26 May 2014.

[FoC-4] Ya Tang; Michael G. Gilbert. "Firmiana". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=112820. Retrieved 24 March 2013.

Firmiana

Firmiana simplex
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Subfamily:	Sterculioideae
Genus:	Firmiana Marsili, 1786