Tinnea

Tinnea
Tinnea barteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Scutellarioideae
Genus: Tinnea
Kotschy ex Hook.f.[1]
Type species
Tinnea aethiopica
Kotschy & Peyr.
Synonyms[1]
  • Tinnethamnus Pritz

Tinnea (sunbells) is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae first described in 1867. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa.[1] It was named in honour of the Dutch explorer Alexine Tinne.[2]

Species[1]
  • Tinnea aethiopica Kotschy ex Hook.f. – widespread from Mali to Somalia south to Mozambique; naturalized in Trinidad & Tobago
  • Tinnea antiscorbutica Welw. – Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Zambia, Angola
  • Tinnea apiculata Robyns & Lebrun – eastern Africa from Rwanda to Mozambique
  • Tinnea barbata Vollesen – Eswatini, northern South Africa
  • Tinnea barteri Gürke – western Africa
  • Tinnea benguellensis Gürke – Angola
  • Tinnea coerulea Gürke – DRC, Zambia, Angola
  • Tinnea eriocalyx Welw. – DRC, Angola, Botswana, Namibia
  • Tinnea galpinii Briq. – Eswatini, Mozambique, South Africa
  • Tinnea gombea Zhigila – Nigeria
  • Tinnea gossweileri Robyns & Lebrun – Angola
  • Tinnea gracilis Gürke – Tanzania to Zambia
  • Tinnea mirabilis (Bullock) Vollesen – Tanzania
  • Tinnea physalis E.A.Bruce – Tanzania
  • Tinnea platyphylla Briq. – DRC
  • Tinnea rhodesiana S.Moore – South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola, Mozambique
  • Tinnea somalensis Gürke ex Chiov. – Ethiopia
  • Tinnea vesiculosa Gürke – Tanzania, Malawi
  • Tinnea vestita Baker – Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola, Botswana
  • Tinnea zambesiaca Baker – Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Tinnea Kotschy ex Hook.f." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018-06-06). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. pp. T23. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901.

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