Firmiana

Short description: Genus of flowering plants

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

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]

## Contents

* 1 Species
* 2 Gallery
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## 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

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.
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.
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.

## External links

Wikidata ☰ Q427914 entry

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