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

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. 

Vernacular names

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