Firmiana
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
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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]
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
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Firmiana colorata -
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Firmiana colorata -
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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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