Malvaceae

Commersonia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

First published in Char. Gen. Pl.: 43 (1776)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Madagascar, S. China to Indo-China and Pacific.

Distribution

Native to:

Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Fiji, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Society Is., Solomon Is., South Australia, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vanuatu, Victoria, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Western Australia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Wilkins, C.F. & Whitlock, B.A. (2011). A revision of Commersonia including Rulingia (Malvaceae s.l. or Byttneriaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 24: 226-283.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 2009 Nguyen, V.D., et al. [HNK 2015] Vietnam K000611070 No
Oct 1, 2009 Pooma, R., et al. [4480] Thailand K000611069 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
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