Thespesia populnea

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: Malvoideae
Tribus: Gossypieae
Genus: Thespesia
Species: Thespesia populnea

Name

Thespesia populnea (L.) Sol. ex Corrêa, Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 9: 290(–291), t. 8, fig. 1. 1807.

Synonymy

  • Basionym
    • Hibiscus populneus L., Sp. Pl. 2: 694. 1753.
  • Homotypic
    • Parita populnea (L.) Scop., Intr. Hist. Nat.: 282. 1777, comb. inval.
    • Malvaviscus populneus (L.) Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2(2): 253, t. 135, fig. 3. 1791.
    • Hibiscus populifolius Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 383. 1796, nom. illeg. superfl. (as Populifolius) – non Hibiscus populifolius (Benth.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 69. 1891, nom. illeg. hom.
    • Thespesia populnea var. typica Domin, Biblioth. Bot. 22(895): 965. 1928, nom. inval.
    • Bupariti populnea (L.) Rothm., Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 53(1): 6. 1944.
  • Heterotypic
    • Hibiscus baccifer G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr.: 48. 1786. (as H. bacciferus)
    • Thespesia populnea var. guadalupensis DC., Prodr. 1: 456. 1824. (as β. Guadalupensis)
    • Thespesia macrophylla Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 73(–74). 1825.
    • Hibiscus macrophyllus (Blume) Oken, Allg. Naturgesch. 3(2): 1223. 1841, nom. illeg. hom. – non Hibiscus macrophyllus Roxb. ex Hornem., Hort. Bot. Hafn. Suppl.: 149. 1819. – nec Hibiscus macrophyllus Roxb., Hort. Bengal.: 51. 1814, nom. nud.
    • Hibiscus litoreus J.Presl, Wsobecny Rostl. 1: 140. 1846, nom. nov.
      • Typus: as for Thespesia macrophylla.
    • Hibiscus blumei Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 69. 1891, nom. illeg. superfl. (as H. Blumei)
      • Typus: as for Thespesia macrophylla.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Africa
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin, Ghana, Senegal, Togo.
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Aldabra, Mauritius, Seychelles.
  • Asia-Temperate
    • China
      • China Southeast, Hainan.
    • Eastern Asia
      • Nansei-shoto, Taiwan.
  • Asia-Tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • India, Maldives, Sri Lanka.
    • Indo-China
      • Andaman Is., Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
    • Malesia
      • Borneo, Cocos (Keeling) Is., Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi.
    • Papuasia
      • Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Is.
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • Queensland.
  • Pacific
    • Southwestern Pacific
      • Fiji, Gilbert Is., Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Phoenix Is., Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Is.
    • South-Central Pacific
      • Cook Is., Marquesas, Pitcairn Is., Society Is., Tuamotu, Tubuai Is.
    • Northwestern Pacific
      • Caroline Is., Marianas, Wake I.
    • North-Central Pacific
      • Hawaii.
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest.
  • Southern America
    • Central America
      • Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
    • Caribbean
      • Aruba, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Turks-Caicos Is., Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
    • Northern South America
      • Venezuela.
    • Western South America
      • Colombia.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

Vernacular names

বাংলা: পরশপিপুল
Deutsch: Portiabaum
English: Portia tree
suomi: Polynesianmilopuu
मराठी: भेंड
Nederlands: Strandpopulier
svenska: Milohibiskus
தமிழ்: பூவரசன்
ไทย: โพทะเล

Note:

By some authors, Thespesia populneoides is included in Thespesia populnea.

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