Harmsia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Dombeyoideae
Genus: Harmsia
Species: H. lepidota – H. sidoides
Name

Harmsia K.Schum. (1897)
References

Schumann, K.M. 1897. Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien. Nachträge II–IV: 240. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Harmsia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 July 13. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Harmsia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 July 13. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Harmsia. Published online. Accessed: July 13 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Harmsia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 July 13.

Harmsia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae.[1]

It is native to Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia.[1]

The genus name of Harmsia is in honour of Hermann Harms (1870–1942), a German taxonomist and botanist.[2] 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.[1]

Known species, according to Kew:[1]

Harmsia lepidota (Vollesen) M.Jenny
Harmsia sidoides K.Schum.

References

"Harmsia K.Schum. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.