Christiana

Christiana vescoana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malvales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Brownlowioideae
Genus: Christiana
Species: C. africana – C. eburnea – C. macrodon – C. mennegae – C. vescoana

Name

Christiana DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 1: 516. (1824)

• Type species: Christiana africana DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 1: 516. (1824)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Asterophorum Sprague in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908: 249 (1908)
  • Speirostyla Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 198 (1889)
  • Tahitia Burret in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 609 (1926)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Tropical Africa & America Angola, Belize, Benin, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Venezuela, Zaïre Extinct in: Society Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• De Candolle, A.P. 1824. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 1: Sistens Thalamiflorarum ordines LIV. VI+746 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. : 1: 516.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R. 1999. World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b). 1532 pp.. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-5720-098-8 (issue 1), ISBN 90-5720-099-6 (issue 2b). Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Christiana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 18. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2020. Christiana. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Christiana. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 18 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Christiana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Dec. 2020.

Vernacular names

മലയാളം: ക്രിസ്റ്റിയാന

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