''Thomasia'' is a genus of thirty-one species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. Plants in this genus are small shrubs that are endemic to the south-west of Western Australia, apart from '' T. petalocalyx'' that is native to Victoria and South Australia. The leaves are simple with leaf-like stipules at the base of the petiole, the flowers

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with five papery, petal-like sepals, usually five petals and five

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s opposite the petals. The fruit is a capsule covered with star-like hairs.

Taxonomy

The genus ''Thomasia'' was first formally described in 1821 by Jaques Étienne Gay in '' Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle''. The name ''Thomasia'' honours Pierre Thomas, his son Abraham, and Abraham's sons Philippe, Louis and Emmanuel, a family of Swiss plant collectors.

Species list

The following is a listed of ''Thomasia'' species recognised by the Australian Plant Census as at December 2020: *'' Thomasia angustifolia'' Steud. - narrow-leaved thomasia *'' Thomasia brachystachys''

Turcz. Nikolai Stepanovich Turczaninow ( ru , Николай Степанович Турчанинов, 1796 in Nikitovka, now in Krasnogvardeysky District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia – 1863 in Kharkov) was a Russian botanist and plant collector who ...

*'' Thomasia cognata'' Steud. *'' Thomasia dielsii''

E.Pritz. Ernst Georg Pritzel (15 May 1875 – 6 April 1946) was a German botanist. He is known for his research in the fields of phytogeography and taxonomy. He contributed works on Lycopodiaceae, Psilotaceae and Pittosporaceae to Engler & Prantl’s ...

*'' Thomasia discolor'' Steud. *'' Thomasia foliosa'' J.Gay *'' Thomasia × formosa'' Paust *'' Thomasia gardneri'' Paust - Mount Holland thomasia *'' Thomasia glabripetala'' S.J.Patrick *'' Thomasia grandiflora'' Lindl. - large-flowered thomasia *'' Thomasia macrocalyx'' Steud. *'' Thomasia macrocarpa''

Endl. Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher also known as Endlicher István László (24 June 1804, Pressburg, Bratislava (Pozsony) – 28 March 1849, Vienna) was an Austrian Empire, Austrian botanist, numismatist and Sinologist. He was a director of the Botan ...

- large-fruited thomasia *'' Thomasia microphylla'' Paust *''

Thomasia montana ''Thomasia montana'', commonly known as hill thomasia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an upright to low, ground-covering shrub with hairy new growth, egg-shaped ...

'' Steud. - hill thomasia *'' Thomasia multiflora''

*'' Thomasia paniculata'' Lindl. *'' Thomasia pauciflora'' Lindl. - few-flowered thomasia *'' Thomasia petalocalyx''

F.Muell. Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Victo ...

- paper flower *'' Thomasia purpurea'' ( Dryand.) J.Gay *'' Thomasia pygmaea'' (

)

Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...

- tiny thomasia *'' Thomasia quercifolia'' (

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) J.Gay - oak-leaved thomasia *'' Thomasia rhynchocarpa''

*'' Thomasia rugosa''

- wrinkle-leaf thomasia *'' Thomasia rulingioides'' Steud. *'' Thomasia sarotes''

'' *'' Thomasia solanacea'' ( Sims) J.Gay *'' Thomasia stelligera'' (

)

*'' Thomasia tenuivestita''

*'' Thomasia tremandroides'' Paust *'' Thomasia triloba''

*'' Thomasia triphylla'' ( Labill.) J.Gay

References

External links

Malvaceae info: ''Thomasia'' galleryFloraBase: the Western Australian Flora: ''Thomasia''
{{Taxonbar, from=Q952089 Malvaceae genera