Firmiana
Encyclopedia
Firmiana is a genus of flowering plant
in the Sterculiaceae
family.
It contains 12 or more the following species, including:
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
in the Sterculiaceae
Sterculiaceae
Sterculiaceae is a botanical name for a group of flowering plants at the rank of family, which is now considered obsolete. As is true for any botanical name, the circumscription, status and placement of the taxon has varied with taxonomic point of view...
family.
It contains 12 or more the following species, including:
- Firmiana hainanensisFirmiana hainanensisFirmiana hainanensis is a species of flowering plant in the Sterculiaceae family.It is found only in China.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
- Firmiana majorFirmiana majorFirmiana major is a species of flowering plant in the Sterculiaceae family.It is found only in China in the Yunnan province.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:* Sun, W. 1998. . Downloaded on 10 July 2007....
- Firmiana simplexFirmiana simplexFirmiana simplex, commonly known as the Chinese parasol tree or wutong is an ornamental plant or tree of the cacao, or chocolate, of the family Sterculiaceae of the order Malvales, native to Asia. It grows to a height of 12 m . It has alternate, deciduous leaves up to 30 cm across and small...