Kydia

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: Malvoideae
Tribus: Hibisceae
Genus: Kydia
Species: K. calycina – K. glabrescens
Name

Kydia Roxb. Hort. Bengal. 50 [97]. (1814) et Pl. Corom. 3: 11. tt. 215, 216.. (1819)

Type species: Kydia calycina Roxb.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Kydia sect. Brachypetiolata Dariev, Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 67(8): 1042. 1982.

References

Roxburgh, W. 1811. Hortus Bengalensis, or a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta 50 [97].
Roxburgh, W. (1819 publ. 1811) Plants of the Coast of Coromandel 3: 11, 12, t. 215 [1].
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Kydia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jan. 17. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Kydia. 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 Jan. 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Kydia. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 17 2021.

Kydia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, found in the Indian subcontinent, southern China and Southeast Asia.[2] Some sources consider it to be monotypic, with Kydia calycina the only species; certainly K. calycina is the best‑studied species, as it is widely exploited, even cultivated, for timber and fiber.[3]
Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

Kydia calycina Roxb.
Kydia glabrescens Mast.

References

Pl. Coromandel 3: 11 (1811)
"Kydia Roxb". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
Swaminathan, M. S.; Kochhar, S. L. (23 May 2019). Major Flowering Trees of Tropical Gardens. Cambridge University Press. p. 45-46. ISBN 9781108640633.