Firmiana

Firmiana^[1] is a genus of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, from South, SE to temperate East Asia.^[2] It was formerly placed in the now defunct family Sterculiaceae and may sometimes be called the "parasol tree". The genus name honours Karl Joseph von Firmian.^[3] 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.^[4]

Firmiana
Firmiana simplex
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Subfamily:	Sterculioideae
Genus:	Firmiana Marsili, 1786
Synonyms
Erythropsis Lindl. Karaka Raf.

Species

Plants of the World Online includes:^[2]

1. Firmiana bracteata DC.
2. Firmiana calcarea C.F.Liang & S.L.Mo ex Y.S.Huang
3. Firmiana colorata (Roxb.) R.Br.
4. Firmiana danxiaensis H.H.Hsue & H.S.Kiu
5. Firmiana daweishanensis Gui L.Zhang & J.Y.Xiang
6. Firmiana diversifolia A.Gray
7. Firmiana fulgens (Wall. ex Mast.) K.Schum.
8. Firmiana hainanensis Kosterm.
9. Firmiana kerrii (Craib) Kosterm.
10. Firmiana kwangsiensis H.H.Hsue
11. Firmiana major (W.W.Sm.) Hand.-Mazz.
12. Firmiana malayana Kosterm.
13. Firmiana minahassae (Koord.) Kosterm.
14. Firmiana papuana Mildbr.
15. Firmiana pulcherrima H.H.Hsue
16. Firmiana simplex (L.) W.Wight — Chinese parasol tree, or wutong^[5]
17. Firmiana subglabra (V.Abraham & Dutt) Kosterm.
18. Firmiana sumbawaensis Kosterm.

Gallery

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  Firmiana colorata
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  Firmiana colorata
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  Firmiana malayana