Firmiana

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 the genus Firmiana 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]

## Contents

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

## Species

Plants of the World Online includes:[2]

1. Firmiana bracteata DC.
2. Firmiana calcarea C.F.Liang & S.L.Mo ex Y.S.Huang
3. Firmiana colorata (Roxb.) R.Br.
4. Firmiana danxiaensis H.H.Hsue & H.S.Kiu
5. Firmiana daweishanensis Gui L.Zhang & J.Y.Xiang
6. Firmiana diversifolia A.Gray
7. Firmiana fulgens (Wall. ex Mast.) K.Schum.
8. Firmiana hainanensis Kosterm.
9. Firmiana kerrii (Craib) Kosterm.
10. Firmiana kwangsiensis H.H.Hsue
11. Firmiana major (W.W.Sm.) Hand.-Mazz.
12. Firmiana malayana Kosterm.
13. Firmiana minahassae (Koord.) Kosterm.
14. Firmiana papuana Mildbr.
15. Firmiana pulcherrima H.H.Hsue
16. Firmiana simplex (L.) W.Wight — Chinese parasol tree, or wutong[5]
17. Firmiana subglabra (V.Abraham & Dutt) Kosterm.
18. Firmiana sumbawaensis Kosterm.

## Gallery

* Firmiana colorata

Firmiana colorata

* File:Firmiana malayana3.JPG

*   *   * Firmiana colorata

*   * Firmiana malayana

Firmiana malayana

## References

1. ↑ Marsili GM (1786) Saggi Sci. Lett. Accad. Padova i. 106
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Plants of the World Online: Firmiana Marsili (retrieved 30 November 2024)
3. ↑ "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.
4. ↑ Corner, Prof. E.J.H. (1989). The Life of Plants. New York: New American Library. pp. 213–214.
5. ↑ 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

* 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.

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