''Hermannia'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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s in the mallow family,
Malvaceae
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. It comprises at least 65
species
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with many more species as yet unresolved.
The genus commemorates Prof.
Paul Hermann (1646-1695), a German professor of botany at
Leyden
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and one of the first collectors to visit the
Cape
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History
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.
The genus has a large number of species, each with very limited distribution, but they are generally common and not threatened, with little interest shown in them for horticulture or medicine.
Their distribution ranges across
Southern Africa
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, the vast majority of species being endemic. They are also found in Madagascar and in tropical East Africa to North East Africa and Arabia. A single species, ''Hermannia tigrensis'', is found in western, southern and North-East Africa. Three species are found in northern Mexico and adjacent regions of the United States, one species in southern Mexico, and one in Australia. ''Hermannias greatest diversity is found in the Western and Northern Cape, and Namibia.
Systematics
* ''
Hermannia abrotanoides''
SCHRADER
* ''
Hermannia althaeoides''
Link
* ''
Hermannia auricoma''
K. Schum.
* ''
Hermannia burchellii''
Verd.
* ''
Hermannia cernua''
Thunb.
* ''
Hermannia coccocarpa''
Kuntze
* ''
Hermannia comosa''
Burch. ex DC.
* ''
Hermannia confusa''
SALTER
* ''
Hermannia cuneifolia''
Jacq.
* ''
Hermannia damarana''
Baker f.
* ''
Hermannia decumbens''
Willd. ex Spreng.
* ''
Hermannia depressa''
N.E. Br.
* ''
Hermannia diffusa''
L.f.
* ''
Hermannia eenii''
Baker
* ''
Hermannia elliottiana''
K. Schum.
* ''
Hermannia engleri''
Schinz
* ''
Hermannia erodioides''
Kuntze
* ''
Hermannia exappendiculata''
(Mast.) K. Schum.
* ''
Hermannia flammea''
Jacq.
* ''
Hermannia gariepina
''Hermannia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It comprises at least 65 species with many more species as yet unresolved.
The genus commemorates Prof. Paul Hermann (1646-1695), a German professor of botany at Ley ...
''
Eckl. & Zeyh.
* ''
Hermannia geniculata''
Eckl. & Zeyh.
* ''
Hermannia gerrardii''
Harv.
* ''
Hermannia glabrata''
L.f.
* ''
Hermannia glanduligera''
K.Schum. ex Schinz
* ''
Hermannia grandistipula''
(Buching. ex Harv.) K. Schum.
* ''
Hermannia grossularifolia''
L.
* ''
Hermannia heterophylla''
Thunb.
* ''
Hermannia involucrata''
Cav.
* ''
Hermannia johnstonii''
Exell & Mendonça
* ''
Hermannia juttae''
Dinter & Engl.
* ''
Hermannia lacera''
Fourc.
* ''
Hermannia lancifolia''
Szyszyl.
* ''
Hermannia linifolia''
Burm. f.
* ''
Hermannia linnaeoides''
K. Schum.
* ''
Hermannia modesta''
(Ehrenb.) Mast.
* ''
Hermannia montana''
N.E. Br.
* ''
Hermannia muricata''
Eckl. & Zeyh.
* ''
Hermannia oblongifolia''
Hochr.
* ''
Hermannia palmeri''
Vasey & Rose.
* ''
Hermannia parviflora''
Eckl. & Zeyh.
* ''
Hermannia pauciflora''
S. Watson
* ''
Hermannia paucifolia''
Turcz.
* ''
Hermannia pearsonii''
Exell & Mendonça
* ''
Hermannia pfeilii''
K. Schum.
* ''
Hermannia pinnata''
L.
* ''
Hermannia pulchella''
L.f.
* ''
Hermannia pulverata''
Andrews
* ''
Hermannia quartiniana''
A.Rich.
* ''
Hermannia rautanenii''
Schinz ex Schumann
* ''
Hermannia repetenda''
Verd.
* ''
Hermannia resedifolia''
R.A. Dyer
* ''
Hermannia rigida''
Harv.
* ''
Hermannia scabra''
Cav.
* ''
Hermannia scordifolia''
Jacq.
* ''
Hermannia setosa''
Schinz
* ''
Hermannia sisymbriifolia''
Hochr.
* ''
Hermannia spinosa''
E. Meyer ex Harvey
* ''
Hermannia stellulata''
K. Schum.
* ''
Hermannia stipitata''
Pillans
* ''
Hermannia texana''
A. Gray
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Hermannia tigrensis''
Hochst. ex A.Rich.
* ''
Hermannia tomentosa''
(Turcz.) Schinz ex Engl.
* ''
Hermannia veronicifolia''
Hochr.
* ''
Hermannia vestita''
Thunb.
* ''
Hermannia violacea''
K. Schum.
* ''
Hermannia viscosa''
Hiern
External links
PlantZAfrica.com
Notes
References
Byttnerioideae
Malvaceae genera
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