Sterculia setigera

Fuits and Seeds

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 setigera

Name

Sterculia setigera Delile, 1826

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Clompanus tomentosa (Schott & Endl.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 78 (1891)
  • Cola tomentosa Schott & Endl. in Melet. Bot.: 33 (1832)
  • Sterculia cinerea Schweinf. in Pl. Quaed. Nilot.: 15 (1862), nom. illeg.
  • Sterculia hartmanniana Schweinf. in Reliq. Kotschy.: 39 (1868)
  • Sterculia tomentosa Guill. & Perr. in Fl. Seneg. Tent.: 81 (1831), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Western Africa Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo Regional: Central Africa Burkina, Central African Repu, Chad, Mali, Niger, Zaïre Regional: Eatern Africa Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Delile in F.Cailliaud, 1826. Voy. Méroé 4(prepr.): 61

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 setigera 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 setigera. Published online. Accessed: November 08 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Sterculia setigera. 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 setigera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 November 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sterculia setigera in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Karaya gum tree

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