Sparrmannia (Malvaceae)

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: Sparrmannia
Species: S. africana – S. discolor – S. ricinocarpa

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Sparrmannia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 21. Reference page.

Name

Sparrmannia L.f., Suppl. Pl. 41, 265, [468] (1782), nom. cons. & orth. cons.

Note:: The spelling with two r's is correct under the ICBN, it was formally conserved (see. Taxon, 42: 873–4).
Type species: Sparrmannia africana L.f.

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Vossianthus Kuntze, Gaertnerisches Zentral-Blatt (Berlin) 1: 653. 1900 (1899), nom. rej.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Western Africa
  - Angola, Cameroon
- Regional: Eastern Africa
  - Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Malawi, Mozambique
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, LesothoNorthern Provinces, Swaziland
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Madagascar
- Regional:Central Africa
  - Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Introduced into:
  - Réunion

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

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. (filius) 1782 ["1781"]. Supplementum Plantarum systematis vegetabilium editionis decimae tertiae, generum plantarum editionis sextae, et specierum plantarum editionis secundae. [XVI]+468 pp. Impensis Orphanotrophei, Brunsvigae [Braunschweig]. BHL Reference page. : 41 (Sparmannia), 265, [468].

Additional references

Farr, E. R. & Zijlstra, G. eds. (1996-) Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). 2010 Feb. 16 [1].

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Sparrmannia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Sparrmannia. Published online. Accessed: September 21 2023.
Tropicos.org 2023. Sparrmannia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 September 2023.
Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar: Sparrmannia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 21.
Hassler, M. 2023. Sparrmannia. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 21. Reference page.

Vernacular names

مصرى: سبارماننيا
Deutsch: Zimmerlinden
English: African Linden or Lime
മലയാളം: സ്പാർമന്നിയ @no= Sparmannia
polski: Lipka
svenska: Rumslindssläktet
中文: 垂蕾树属

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