Dombeya
Dombeya is a flowering plant genus. Traditionally included in the family Sterculiaceae, it is included in the expanded Malvaceae in the APG and most subsequent systematics. These plants are known by a number of vernacular names which sometimes, misleadingly, allude to the superficial similarity of flowering Dombeya to pears or hydrangeas (which are unrelated). Therefore, the genus as a whole is often simply called dombeyas. The generic name commemorates Joseph Dombey (1742–1794), a French botanist and explorer in South America, involved in the notorious "Dombey affair", embroiling scientists a
Species
FamilyMalvaceae
Native toAngola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti
Dombeya es un género de plantas fanerógamas perteneciente a la familia Malvaceae con 398 especies. Es originario de Centroamérica, África tropical y Madagascar. Índice 1 Taxonomía 2 Especies seleccionadas 3 Referencias 4 Enlaces externos Taxonomía Fue descrito por Antonio José de Cavanilles y publicado en Monadelphiae Classis Dissertationes Decem 2: [App. 1], en el año 1786. La especie tipo es Dombeya palmata Cav.[2] Etimología Dombeya: nombre genérico que fue nombrado por Joseph Dombey (1742-1794), un botánico y explorador francés en América del Sur, que participó en la Expedición Botánica al Virreinato del Perú (1777-1788), la cual abandonó por discrepancias con su director Hipólito Ruiz y embrolló a los científicos y los gobiernos de Francia, España e Inglaterra durante más de dos años. Especies seleccionadas Dombeya acerifolia Dombeya acuminatissima Dombeya acutangula Dombeya aethiopica Dombeya alascha Dombeya albiflora Dombeya albisquama Dombeya albotomentosa Dombeya alleizettei Dombeya amaniensis Dombeya ambalabeensis Dombeya ambatosoratrensis Dombeya ambohitrensis Dombeya amaniensis Dombeya autumnalis I.Verd. Dombeya blattiolens Frapp. Dombeya boehmiana (= Vincentia boehmia
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Dombeya is a flowering plant genus. Traditionally included in the family Sterculiaceae, it is included in the expanded Malvaceae in the APG and most subsequent systematics. These plants are known by a number of vernacular names which sometimes, misleadingly, allude to the superficial similarity of flowering Dombeya to pears or hydrangeas (which are unrelated). Therefore, the genus as a whole is often simply called dombeyas. The generic name commemorates Joseph Dombey (1742–1794), a French botanist and explorer in South America, involved in the notorious "Dombey affair", embroiling scientists and governments of France, Spain, and Britain for more than two years.
==Distribution== These plants grow chiefly throughout Africa and Madagascar. Madagascar has the majority of species, with approximately 175 native species. 19 are found on the African mainland, with one, Dombeya torrida, also extending into the southwestern Arabian Peninsula. 24 species are native to the Mascarene Islands, of which 23 are endemic to the islands. Dombeya acutangula is native to east Africa, Madagascar, and the Mascarenes, with a disjunct population in Laos in Southeast Asia.