Sterculia tragacantha

Sterculia tragacantha

Sterculia tragacantha

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: Sterculia
Species: Sterculia tragacantha

Name

Sterculia tragacantha Lindl., 1830

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Southwellia tragacantha (Lindl.) Wight in Ill. Ind. Bot. 1: 77 (1838)
• Heterotypic
  • Clompanus pubescens Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 77 (1891)
  • Sterculia obovata R.Br. in Pterocymbium: 233 (1844)
  • Sterculia pubescens G.Don in Gen. Hist. 1: 515 (1831)
  • Sterculia tragacantha var. stipitata R.Germ. in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 22: 73 (1952)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Western Africa Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo Regional: Western Africa Central African Repu, Mali, Rwanda, Zambia, Zaïre Regional: Eastern Africa Tanzania Introduced into: Cuba, Honduras References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lindley, J., 1830. Edward's Botanical Register; or, Flower Garden and Shrubbery. London 16: t. 1353.

Additional references

• Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. 2008. Plants of Angola / Plantas de Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1–279. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 978-1-919976-45-7. PDF. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Sterculia tragacantha in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 November 08. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Sterculia tragacantha. Published online. Accessed: November 08 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Sterculia tragacantha. 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 November 08. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Sterculia tragacantha. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 November 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sterculia tragacantha in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

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