''Harmsia'' is a genus of
flowering plants belonging to the family
Malvaceae.
It is native to Ethiopia, Kenya and
Somalia.
The genus name of ''Harmsia'' is in honour of
Hermann Harms
Hermann August Theodor Harms (16 July 1870 – 27 November 1942) was a German taxonomist and botanist.
Harms was born in Berlin. He worked as a botanist at the Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum, Botanical Museum in Berlin. ...
(1870–1942), a German taxonomist and botanist.
It was first described and published in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. Vo.1 on page 240 in 1897.
Known species, according to Kew:
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Harmsia lepidota
''Harmsia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae.
It is native to Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia.
The genus name of ''Harmsia'' is in honour of Hermann Harms (1870–1942), a German taxonomist and botanist. It was first ...
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Harmsia sidoides
''Harmsia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae.
It is native to Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia.
The genus name of ''Harmsia'' is in honour of Hermann Harms (1870–1942), a German taxonomist and botanist. It was fir ...
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References
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Dombeyoideae
Malvaceae genera
Afrotropical realm flora
Plants described in 1897
Flora of Somalia
Flora of Ethiopia
Flora of Kenya