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Taxon:  Firmiana simplex (L.) W. Wight



Summary
Genus:
Firmiana
Family:
Malvaceae
Subfamily:
Sterculioideae
Nomen number:
102001
Place of publication:
Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 142:67. 1909, nom. cons. prop.
Comment:
the basionym Hibiscus simplex L. was proposed for conservation (nom. cons. prop.) with a conserved type (Melbourne ICN Art. 14.9)
Verified:
03/24/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 1  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Hibiscus simplex L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Firmiana platanifolia (L. f.) Schott & Endl.
Sterculia platanifolia L. f.
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Reference(s)
  1. Applequist, W. L. 2012. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 64. Taxon 61:1115-1116. Note: proposal recommended
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
  3. Door, L. J. 2011. (2041) Proposal to conserve the name Hibiscus simplex (Firmiana simplex)(Malvaceae) with a conserved type. Taxon 60:1781-1782. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
  4. Editorial Committee of the Flora of Taiwan. Flora of Taiwan, 2nd ed. 1993- http://www.ntu.edu.tw/english/index.html
  5. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  6. Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
  7. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
  8. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  9. Iwatsuki, K. et al. Flora of Japan. 1993-
  10. Jiangsu Inst. Bot., ed. v. 1; Shan. R. H., ed. v. 2. Jiangsu Zhiwuzhi (Flora of Jiangsu). 1977-1982
  11. Krüssmann, G. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). 1984 Note: = F. platanifolia (L. f.) Schott & Endl.
  12. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  13. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970- Note: introduced
  14. Ohwi, J. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). 1965
  15. Steward, A. N. Manual of vascular plants of the lower Yangtze valley. 1958
  16. Walker, E. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. 1976
  17. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986-
  18. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Common names
English
Chinese parasol-tree –
Chinese-bottletree –
Japanese varnishtree –
phoenixtree –
German
chinesischer Sonnenschirmbaum –
Japanese Rōmaji
ao-giri –
Transcribed Chinese
wu tong –
Transcribed Korean
byeogodongnamu –
Distribution
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Shanxi, Shandong, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Hainan]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Honshu (c. & w.), Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku], Taiwan
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea
Europe
  • REGION: Europe
Northern America
  • REGION: United States
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Materials
fiber (fide Mansf Ency) –


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