Firmiana colorata

Firmiana colorata

Firmiana colorata

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: Sterculioideae
Genus: Firmiana
Species: Firmiana colorata

Name

Firmiana colorata (Roxb.) R.Br., Pterocymbium 235. Jun 1844.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Sterculia colorata Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 1: 26. 1795.
• Homotypic
  • Clompanus colorata (Roxb.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 78 (1891)
  • Erythropsis colorata (Roxb.) Burkill, Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 5: 231. 1931.
  • Erythropsis roxburghiana Schott & Endl., Melet. Bot. 33. 1832, nom. superfl.
  • Karaka colorata (Roxb.) Raf., Sylva Tellur. 72. 1838
  • Sterculia colorata Roxb. in Pl. Coromandel 1: 26 (1795).
• Heterotypic
  • Firmiana rubriflora Kosterm., Reinwardtia 6: 293. 1962.
  • Sterculia rubicunda Wall. ex Mast. in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 1: 360 (1874)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-temperate Regional: Indian subcontinent Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka Regional: China China South-Central Continental: Asia-tropical Regional: Southeastern Asia Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatera, Thailand Regional: Indo-China Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Brown, R. (1844 June) Pterocymbium, with observations on Sterculieæ, the tribe to which it belongs 235.
• Brown, R. in Bennet, S.S.R. (1844 November) Pl. Jav. Rar. (Bennett) 3: 235. Google Books

Additional references

• Deomurari, A., Jani, M., Matieda, K. & KaPatel, J. (2015) IBIS-Flora, Angiosperm Flora of India. Published online. Accessed: 2015 Nov 17.
• 'eFloras 2008. Firmiana colorata in Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Firmiana colorata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 November 04. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Firmiana colorata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Firmiana colorata. Published online. Accessed: Aug 8 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Firmiana colorata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 8 Aug 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Scarlet Sterculia, Bonfire tree, Colored Sterculia, Indian Almond
മലയാളം: മലമ്പരുത്തി
中文: 火桐

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