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Commersonia Densiflora
''Commersonia'' is a genus of twenty-five species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. Plants in this genus are shrubs or trees, occurring from Indochina to Australia and have stems, leaves and flowers covered with star-like hairs. The leaves are simple, often with irregularly-toothed edges, the flowers bisexual with five sepals, five petals and five stamens and the fruit a capsule with five valves. The genus underwent a revision in 2011 and some species were separated from ''Commersonia'', others were added from ''Rulingia''. Taxonomy The genus ''Coommersonia'' was first formally described in 1775 by Johann Reinhold Forster and his son Georg Forster in the book ''Characteres generum plantarum'' and the first species they described was ''Commersonia echinata'', now known as ''Commersonia bartramia''. A revision of the genus in 2011 added 3 newly described species, as well as 14 species previously included in ''Rulingia'', and transferred a number of species to the new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commersonia Bartramia
''Commersonia bartramia'', commonly known as brown kurrajong, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is native to Southeast Asia, the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales. It is a small tree or shrub with egg-shaped leaves, sometimes with irregular teeth on the edges and much paler on the lower surface. Taxonomy Brown kurrajong was first formally described in 1759 by Carl Linnaeus who gave it the name ''Muntingia bartramia'' in ''Amoenitates Academicae''. In 1917, Elmer Drew Merrill Elmer Drew Merrill (October 15, 1876 – February 25, 1956) was an American botanist and taxonomist. He spent more than twenty years in the Philippines where he became a recognized authority on the flora of the Asia-Pacific region. Through t ... changed the name to ''Commersonia bartramia'' in his book, ''An Interpretation of Rumphius's Herbarium Amboinense''. References bartramia Flora of the Northern Territory Flora of New South Wales Flora of Queen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |