Sterculia villosa

Sterculia villosa

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 villosa

Name

Sterculia villosa Roxb., 1832

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Clompanus villosa (Roxb. ex Sm.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 78 (1891)
• Heterotypic
  • Clompanus armata (Mast.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 78 (1891)
  • Sterculia armata Mast. in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 1: 357 (1874)
  • Sterculia lantsangensis Hu in Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol., Bot. 8: 42 (1937)
  • Sterculia ornata Wall. ex Kurz in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 42: 228 (1873)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-tropical Region: Indian subcontinent Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal Regional: Indo-China Cambodia, Laos Regional: China China South-Central, Laos Region: Southeastern Asia Myanmar, Thailand Introduced into: Pakistan References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Roxburgh, W. in A.Rees, 1i816. Cycl. 34: n.° 16

Additional references

• Kress, W.J.E., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E.R. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. 2003. A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar (Revised from the original works by J. H. Lace, R. Rodger, H. G. Hundley, and U Chit Ko Ko on the "List of Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Principal Climbers, etc. Recorded from Burma"). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1–590. Smithsonian Institution. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 

Links

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

Vernacular names

বাংলা: উদাল
English: hairy sterculia, elephant rope tree
മലയാളം: വക്ക
नेपाली: ओदाने
中文: 绒毛苹婆

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