Firmiana simplex
Firmiana simplex

Taxonavigation edit

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 simplex

Name edit

Firmiana simplex (L.) W.Wight, 1909.

Synonyms edit

  • Basionym
    • Hibiscus simplex L., Sp. Pl. ed 2, 2: 977. 1763.
  • Homotypic
    • Culhamia simplex (L.) Nakai, Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus., Tokyo No. 31, 76. 1952.
    • Hibiscus simplex L. in Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 977 (1763), nom. cons.
    • Sterculia firmiana J.F.Gmel. in Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 1632 (1792), nom. superfl.
    • Sterculia simplex (L.) Druce, Rep. Bot. Exch. Cl. Brit. Isles 3: 425. 1913.
  • Heterotypic
    • Caucanthus platanifolia (L.f.) Raf. in Sylva Tellur.: 72 (1838)
    • Clompanus pyriformis Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 78 (1891)
    • Culhamia hadiensis J.F.Gmel. in Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 754 (1791)
    • Culhamia platanifolia Steud. in Nomencl. Bot. 1: 245 (1821)
    • Culhamia triloba Raf. in Sylva Tellur.: 73 (1838)
    • Firmiana chinensis Medik. ex Steud., Nom. Bot. 814. 1821.
    • Firmiana platanifolia (L.f.) Schott & Endl., Melet. Bot. 33. 1832.
    • Firmiana platanifolia f. tomentosa (Thunb.) Hara, Enum. sperm. Jap. 3: 153. 1954.
    • Firmiana simplex var. glabra Hatus., J. Jap. Bot. 24: 83. 1949.
    • Sterculia firmiana J.F.Gmel., Syst. Nat., ed. 13 [bis]. 2(2): 1632. 1792.
    • Sterculia platanifolia L.f., Suppl. Pl. 423. 1781.
    • Sterculia pyriformis Bunge, Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor. (Bunge) 9. 1833.
    • Sterculia tomentosa Thunb., Icon. Pl. Jap. 4. 1802.

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Asia-temperate
    • Regional: Indian subcontinent
      • Bangladesh
    • Regional: China
      • China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Taiwan
    • Regional: Eastern Asia
      • Japan, Nansei-shoto, Vietnam
    • Introduced into:
      • Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Korea, Louisiana, Mauritius, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Vernacular names edit

azərbaycanca: Çinaryarpaq sterkuliya
English: Chinese parasol-tree, wutong
español: parasol chino
فارسی: سیدالاشجار
français: Wutong
日本語: アオギリ
한국어: 벽오동
русский: Фирмиана простая
svenska: Kinesiskt parasollträd
Tiếng Việt: Ngô đồng
中文: 梧桐, Wutong
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