Commersonia

Commersonia bartramia

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: Byttnerioideae
Tribus: Lasiopetaleae
Genus: Commersonia
Species: C. amystia – C. apella – C. bartramia – C. borealis – C. breviseta – C. corniculata – C. corylifolia – C. craurophylla – C. dasyphylla – C. densiflora – C. erythrogyna – C. gilva – C. grandiflora – C. hermanniifolia – C. macrostipulata – C. madagascariensis – C. magniflora – C. novoguinensis – C. obliqua – C. parviflora – C. prostrata – C. rotundifolia – C. rugosa – C. salviifolia – C. tahitensis

Name

Commersonia J.R.Forst. & Forster, J.G.A., Char. Gen. Pl., ed. 2. 43 (1776)

• Type species: Commersonia bartramia (L.) Merr., Interpr. Herb. Amboin. 362. (1917) originally designated as synonym Commersonia echinata J.R. Forst. & G. Forst. (1775) nom. illeg.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Rulingia R.Br., Bot. Mag. 48: t. 2191. (1820), nom. cons.
  • Achilleopsis Turcz., Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 22(2): 9. (1849)
  • Pimia Seem., Bonplandia 10: 366. (1862)
  • Commerconia F.Muell., Fragm. 11: 113. (1881) sphalm., in obs.
  • Restiaria Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 1: 81. (1891) nom. illeg. non Lour. (1790).
  • Disaster Gilli, Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 83: 454. (1980)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Madagascar, Southeastern Asia & Australia Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Fiji, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Society Is., Solomon Is., South Australia, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vanuatu, Victoria, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Western Australia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Forster, J.R. & Forster, J.G.A. 1776. Characteres generum plantarum, quas in itinere ad insulas maris Australis : collegerunt, descripserunt, delinearunt, annis 1772–1775. [Editio secunda.] x + 150 pp., 75 tab., Londini: apud B. White, T. Cadell, & P. Elmsly. BHL Reference page. : Edn. 1.: 43, t. 22.

Additional references

• Wilkins, C.F. & Whitlock, B.A. 2011. A new Australian genus, Androcalva, separated from Commersonia (Malvaceae s.l. or Byttneriaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 24: 284-349. DOI: 10.1071/SB10032 Reference page. 
• Wilkins, C.F. & Whitlock, B.A. 2012. Corrigendum to: A revision of Commersonia including Rulingia (Malvaceae s.l. or Byttneriaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 25: 81-81. DOI: 10.1071/SB10031_CO Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Commersonia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Commersonia. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 21 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Commersonia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Dec. 2020.

Vernacular names

中文: 山麻树属

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