''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 valves. 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 Johann Reinhold Forster and his son Georg Forster 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 ''Rulingia '' is a genus of flowering plants native to Australia and Madagascar. In 2011, all species were transferred to ''Commersonia'' with the exception of ''Rulingia cuneata'', ''R. loxophylla'', ''R.luteiflora'' and ''R. procumbens'' which ...

'', 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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as at December 2020: *'' Commersonia amystia''

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& L.M.Copel. (New South Wales) *'' Commersonia apella'' C.F.Wilkins (Western Australia) *''

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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'' C.F.Wilkins & L.M.Copel. (eastern Australia) *'' Commersonia corniculata'' (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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) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock (Western Australia) *'' Commersonia craurophylla'' (

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) F.Muell. (Western Australia) *'' Commersonia dasyphylla'' Andrews (eastern Australia) *'' Commersonia densiflora'' (

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) F.Muell. (Western Australia) *'' Commersonia erythrogyna'' C.F.Wilkins (Western Australia) *''

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'' J.Gay ex Kunth (New South Wales) *'' Commersonia macrostipulata'' 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'' ( Maiden &

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

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ex Steetz) F.Muell. (Queensland, New South Wales) *'' Commersonia tahitensis'' (

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

References

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