''Commersonia'' is a genus of twenty-five species of flowering plants in the family

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. Plants in this genus are shrubs or trees, occurring from Indochina to Australia and have stems, leaves and flowers covered with star-like hairs. The leaves are

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, often with irregularly-toothed edges, the flowers

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with five

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s, five petals and five

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s and the fruit a capsule with five

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. The genus underwent a revision in 2011 and some species were separated from ''Commersonia'', others were added from ''Rulingia''.

Taxonomy

The genus ''Coommersonia'' was first formally described in 1775 by

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in the book ''

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'' and the first species they described was ''Commersonia echinata'', now known as ''

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-sh ...

''. A revision of the genus in 2011 added 3 newly described species, as well as 14 species previously included in '' Rulingia'', and transferred a number of species to the newly created genus '' Androcalva''. The genus is named after

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Species list

The following is a list of species of ''Commersonia'' accepted by

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Commersonia amystia ''Commersonia amystia'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and endemic to eastern Australia. It is a dwarf shrub with narrow egg-shaped leaves that are densely covered with star-like hairs on the lower surface, and has flowe ...

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& L.M.Copel. (New South Wales) *''

Commersonia apella ''Commersonia apella'', commonly known as many-flowered commersonia, is a small, upright shrub in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It has hairy leaves and whitish flowers. Description ''Commersonia apella'' is an upright ...

'' C.F.Wilkins (Western Australia) *''

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(Southeast Asia, eastern Australia) *''

Commersonia borealis ''Commersonia borealis'' is a species of Malvaceae native to Western Australia Taxonomy The species was first described as ''Rulingia malvifolia'' var. ''borealis'' in 1904 by Ernst Georg Pritzel It was raised to species rank in 2005 by Carol ...

'' (E.Pritz.) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock (Western Australia) *''

Commersonia breviseta ''Commersonia breviseta'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and endemic to eastern Australia. It is a dwarf shrub with densely-hairy, egg-shaped to narrow elliptic leaves that are paler on the lower surface, and flowers with ...

'' C.F.Wilkins & L.M.Copel. (eastern Australia) *''

Commersonia corniculata ''Commersonia corniculata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and endemic to Western Australia. It is a hairy-stemmed shrub. The leaves are irregularly or tripartitely lobed, and are covered in both simple and stellate hair ...

'' (Sm.) K.A.Sheph. & C.F.Wilkins (Western Australia) *''

Commersonia corylifolia ''Commersonia'' is a genus of twenty-five species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. Plants in this genus are shrubs or trees, occurring from Indochina to Australia and have stems, leaves and flowers covered with star-like hairs. The le ...

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Commersonia craurophylla ''Commersonia craurophylla'' (common name brittle leaved rulingia) is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and endemic to Australia. It is a hairy-stemmed shrub. The leaves have entire margins, and are covered in both simple and ...

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Commersonia dasyphylla ''Commersonia dasyphylla'', commonly known as kerrawang, is a species of flowering plant of the family Malvaceae and is endemic to eastern continental Australia. It is a shrub with egg-shaped to lance-shaped with irregular edges and flowers in ...

'' Andrews (eastern Australia) *''

Commersonia densiflora ''Commersonia'' is a genus of twenty-five species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. Plants in this genus are shrubs or trees, occurring from Indochina to Australia and have stems, leaves and flowers covered with star-like hairs. The le ...

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Commersonia erythrogyna ''Commersonia'' is a genus of twenty-five species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. Plants in this genus are shrubs or trees, occurring from Indochina to Australia and have stems, leaves and flowers covered with star-like hairs. The le ...

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Commersonia gilva ''Commersonia'' is a genus of twenty-five species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. Plants in this genus are shrubs or trees, occurring from Indochina to Australia and have stems, leaves and flowers covered with star-like hairs. The le ...

'' C.F.Wilkins (Western Australia) *'' Commersonia grandiflora'' (

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) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock (Western Australia) *''

Commersonia hermanniifolia ''Commersonia hermanniifolia'', commonly known as wrinkled kerrawang, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is a prostrate or trailing shrub with oblong to lance-shaped leaves that are paler ...

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(New South Wales) *''

Commersonia macrostipulata ''Commersonia macrostipulata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a shrub or tree with egg-shaped leaves that are slightly serrated on the edges, flowers with five cream-coloured to white s ...

'' Guymer (Queensland) *'' Commersonia madagascariensis'' (

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) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock (Madagascar) *'' Commersonia magniflora'' (F.Muell.) F.Muell. (Northern Territory, South Australia) *'' Commersonia novoguinensis'' ( Gilli) Guymer (New Guinea) *'' Commersonia obliqua'' Guymer (Vanuatu, Fiji) *'' Commersonia parviflora'' (Endl.) F.Muell. (Western Australia) *'' Commersonia prostrata'' (

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) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock (New South Wales, Victoria) *'' Commersonia rotundifolia'' (Turcz.) F.Muell. (Western Australia) *'' Commersonia rugosa'' (

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Commersonia tahitensis ''Commersonia tahitensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to the Society Islands. It was first formally described in 2004 by Laurence Joseph Dorr who gave it the name ''Commersonia bartramia'' var. ''tahite ...

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) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock (Society Islands)

References

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