Eriolaena
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Eriolaena is a genus of flowering plants. Traditionally included in the family Sterculiaceae, it is included now in the recently expanded Malvaceae.[1] The genus is distributed in Asia and eastern Africa, from southern China through Indochina to India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, and coastal Mozambique.[2][3][4]
These plants are trees or shrubs. They usually have single or paired white or yellow flowers, but some species have larger inflorescences. The fruit is a hard capsule with winged seeds.[3] The winged seeds make the genus distinctive in its family.[5]
The former Madagascan genera Helmiopsiella and Helmiopsis are now considered synonyms of Eriolaena.[2] These genera were named in honour of C. Helm, German clergyman in Berlin and amateur botanist.[6]
Species
27 species are currently accepted.[2]
- Eriolaena barnettiae DorrScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Madagascar
- Eriolaena bernieri (Baill.) DorrScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – northern Madagascar
- Eriolaena boivinii (Baill.) DorrScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – northwestern Madagascar
- Eriolaena calcicola (Arènes) DorrScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – northwestern Madagascar
- Eriolaena candollei Wall. – India and Bangladesh, Indochina, southern China
- Eriolaena cheekii DorrScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Madagascar
- Eriolaena ctenostegia (Hochr.) DorrScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – western Madagascar
- Eriolaena glaberrima (Arènes) DorrScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – northern Madagascar
- Eriolaena hily (Arènes) DorrScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – southwestern and southern Madagascar
- Eriolaena hookeriana Wight & Arn. – India and Sri Lanka
- Eriolaena leandrii (Hochr.) DorrScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Madagascar
- Eriolaena linearifolia (Hochr.) DorrScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – northern Madagascar
- Eriolaena lushingtonii Dunn – Eastern Ghats (southern India)
- Eriolaena madagascariensis (Arènes) DorrScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Madagascar
- Eriolaena margaritae DorrScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Madagascar
- Eriolaena parvifolia (Appleq.) DorrScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – southwestern Madagascar
- Eriolaena poissonii (Arènes) DorrScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – northwestern Madagascar
- Eriolaena polyandra (Appleq.) DorrScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – northern Madagascar
- Eriolaena pseudopopulus (Baill.) DorrScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – northern Madagascar
- Eriolaena quinquelocularis (Wight & Arn.) Drury – India and Yunnan (China)
- Eriolaena richardii (Baill.) DorrScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – northern Madagascar
- Eriolaena rigida (Baill.) DorrScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Madagascar
- Eriolaena rulkensii[4] Dorr – northern Mozambique
- Eriolaena spectabilis (DC.) Planch. ex Mast. – Himalayas (India, Nepal, Bhutan), northern Myanmar, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi (China)
- Eriolaena sphaerocarpa (L.C.Barnett) DorrScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – northern Madagascar
- Eriolaena stocksii Hook.f. & Thomson ex Mast.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – western and northeastern India
- Eriolaena wallichii DC. – Nepal, Arunachal Pradesh (India), northern Myanmar, Yunnan (China)
References
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- ↑ Hinsley, S. R. (2007). Synonymy of Malvaceae.
- ↑ a b c Cite error: Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".
- ↑ a b Eriolaena. Flora of China. eFloras.
- ↑ a b Dorr LJ, Wurdack KJ (2018) A new disjunct species of Eriolaena (Malvaceae, Dombeyoideae) from Continental Africa.
- ↑ The Eriolaena Page. Malvaceae.info.
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