Clappertonia

Clappertonia ficifolia

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: Grewioideae
Tribus: Apeibeae
Genus: Clappertonia
Species: C. ficifolia – C. minor – C. polyandra

Name

Clappertonia Meisn., Gen. Pl. 36 [28]. (1837)

• Type species: Clappertonia ficifolia Decne., in Deless. Ic. Select. Pl. v. 1. t. 1. (1846)

Synonyms

• Replaced synonym
  • Honkenya Willd. ex Cothen. (1790) nom. illeg. hom. non Honckenya Ehrh., Neues Mag. Aerzte 5(3): 206 (-207). (1783) (Caryophyllaceae)
• Heterotypic
  • Cephalonema K.Schum. ex Sprague

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional:Tropical Africa Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Panamá, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre Introduced into: Borneo, Malaya, New Guinea, Sri Lanka References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Meisner, C.F. 1837–1843. Plantarum vascularium genera secundum ordines naturales digesta eorumque differentiae et affinitates tabulis diagnosticis expositae. Weidmann, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. 402 pp. BHL Reference page. : 36 [28].

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. Clappertonia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Clappertonia. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 23 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Clappertonia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Dec. 2020.

Vernacular names

മലയാളം: ക്ലാപ്പർട്ടോണിയ
中文: 刺蓟麻属

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