Commersonia bartramia
Commersonia bartramia, commonly known as brown kurrajong, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is native to Southeast Asia, the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales. It is a small tree or shrub with egg-shaped leaves, sometimes with irregular teeth on the edges and much paler on the lower surface.[2]
Brown kurrajong | |
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Commersonia bartramia in West Java | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malvales |
Family: | Malvaceae |
Genus: | Commersonia |
Species: | C. bartramia |
Binomial name | |
Commersonia bartramia | |
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Taxonomy
Brown kurrajong was first formally described in 1759 by Carl Linnaeus who gave it the name Mutingia bartramia in Amoenitates Academicae.[3][4] In 1917, Elmer Drew Merrill changed the name to Commersonia bartramia in his book, An Interpretation of Rumphius's Herbarium Amboinense.[5][6]
References
- "Commersonia bartramia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- Harden, Gwen J. "Commersonia bartramia". Royal Botanic Garden Sudney. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- "Mutingia bartramia". APNI. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- Linnaeus, Carl (1759). Amoenitates academicae. New York: Apud Godofredum Kiesewetter. p. 124. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- "Commersonia bartramia". APNI. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- Merrill, Elmer Drew (1917). An interpretation of Rumphius's Herbarium amboinense. Manila: Bureau of Printing. pp. 362–363. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
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