Firmiana
Genus of flowering plants
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::summary Genus of flowering plants ::
|image = Firmiana simplex3.jpg |image_caption = Firmiana simplex |taxon = Firmiana |authority = Marsili, 1786 |synonyms =
- Erythropsis Lindl.
- Karaka Raf. |synonyms_ref =
Firmiana is a genus of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, native to tropical and temperate south, southeast, and Eastern Asia to New Guinea and the southwest Pacific. The defining characteristic of the genus Firmiana is the development of the fruit. Shortly after pollination the five carpels unfold to be flat and turn green with four developing seeds attached to the edge, fully exposed to the environment.
Species
Plants of the World Online accepts 18 species.
- Firmiana bracteata
- Firmiana calcarea
- Firmiana colorata
- Firmiana danxiaensis
- Firmiana daweishanensis
- Firmiana diversifolia
- Firmiana fulgens
- Firmiana hainanensis
- Firmiana kerrii
- Firmiana kwangsiensis
- Firmiana major
- Firmiana malayana
- Firmiana minahassae
- Firmiana papuana
- Firmiana pulcherrima
- Firmiana simplex — Chinese parasol tree, or wutong
- Firmiana subglabra
- Firmiana sumbawaensis
Gallery
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References
References
- [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A38699-1 Plants of the World Online: ''Firmiana'' Marsili (retrieved 3 November 2025)]
- Marsili GM (1786) ''Saggi Sci. Lett. Accad. Padova'' i. 106
- "''Firmiana simplex''". Missouri Botanical Garden.
- Corner, Prof. E.J.H.. (1989). "The Life of Plants". New American Library.
- Ya Tang. "''Firmiana''". Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
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