Mansonia

Mansonia is a genus of flowering plants. It includes five species of large evergreen or deciduous trees. The species are native to tropical Africa and southeastern Asia.^[1]

Distribution

There are three African species. Mansonia altissima ranges across west-central Africa, including parts of Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, and Togo. M. nymphaeifolia is native to Cameroon. M. diatomanthera is native to northwestern Tanzania.^[1]

The Asian species are M. dipikae, which is native to the Indian states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh in the eastern Himalayas, and M. gagei which lives in Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand.^[1]

The genus is named for Francis Bruce Manson (c. 1850 – 1908), a plant collector in Burma (present-day Myanmar) with the Indian Forest Service.^[2]

References

• Media related to Mansonia (Plantae) at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Mansonia (Malvaceae) at Wikispecies

Mansonia es un género de plantas fanerógamas de la familia Malvaceae con cinco especies. Es originario de Asia.

Fue descrito por James Ramsay Drummond ex David Prain y publicado en Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 37: 260, en el año 1905. La especie tipo es Mansonia gagei J.R.Drumm. ex Prain.^[2]​

Especies

• Mansonia altissima
• Mansonia diatomanthera
• Mansonia dipikae
• Mansonia gagei
• Mansonia nymphaeifolia

Referencias

Voor het geslacht van steekmuggen, zie Mansonia (insect)

Mansonia is een geslacht uit de kaasjeskruidfamilie (Malvaceae). De soorten uit het geslacht komen voor in delen van Afrika en Myanmar.^[1]

Soorten

• Mansonia altissima (A.Chev.) A.Chev.
• Mansonia diatomanthera Brenan
• Mansonia gagei J.R.Drumm.
• Mansonia nymphaeifolia Mildbr.

Mansonia é um género botânico pertencente à família Malvaceae.^[1][2]

Espécies

• Mansonia altissima (A.Chev.) A.Chev.
• Mansonia diatomanthera Brenan

Referências