Colona (plant)

Colona
Colona auriculata: leaves & capsules
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Grewioideae
Genus: Colona
Cav. (1789)
Species

see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Columbia Pers.
  • Diplophractum Desf.

Colona[2] is a genus of flowering plant in the Malvaceae sensu lato or Tiliaceae: now placed in the subfamily Grewioideae. It is native to the eastern Indian subcontinent, Indochina, south-central China, Malesia, and New Guinea.[1][3]

Species

Plants of the World Online accepts 36 species.[1]

  • Colona aequilateralis (C.T.White & W.D.Francis) Merr. & L.M.Perry
  • Colona angusta (Pierre) Burret
  • Colona archboldiana Merr. & L.M.Perry
  • Colona auriculata (Desf.) Craib
  • Colona blancoi (Rolfe) Merr.
  • Colona borneensis (Merr.) Burret
  • Colona celebica (Blume) Burret
  • Colona discolor Merr. & L.M.Perry
  • Colona elobata Craib
  • Colona evecta (Pierre) Burret
  • Colona evrardii Gagnep.
  • Colona flagrocarpa (C.B.Clarke) Craib
  • Colona floribunda (Kurz) Craib
  • Colona grandiflora Kosterm.
  • Colona hirsuta (Warb.) Burret
  • Colona isodiametrica Burret
  • Colona jagorii (Warb.) Burret
  • Colona javanica (Blume) Burret
  • Colona kodap Gagnep.
  • Colona kostermansiana Wirawan
  • Colona lanceolata (Warb.) Burret
  • Colona longipetiolata Merr.
  • Colona megacarpa (Merr.) Burret
  • Colona merguensis (Planch. ex Mast.) Burret
  • Colona mollis (Warb.) Burret
  • Colona nubla Gagnep.
  • Colona philippinensis (S.Vidal) Burret
  • Colona poilanei Gagnep.
  • Colona rivularis Suddee, Poopath & Rueangr.
  • Colona scabra (Sm.) Burret
  • Colona serratifolia Cav.
  • Colona subaequalis (Planch. ex S.Vidal) Burret
  • Colona thorelii (Gagnep.) Burret
  • Colona velutina Merr. & L.M.Perry
  • Colona velutinosa Kosterm.
  • Colona winitii (Craib) Craib

References

  1. ^ a b c "Colona Cav". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  2. ^ Cavanilles AJ (1797) Icones et Descriptiones Plantarum, quae aut sponte ... iv. 47. t. 870.
  3. ^ "Colona - Vietnam Plant Data Center (BVNGroup)". Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
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