Commersonia bartramia

Commersonia bartramia, commonly known as brown kurrajong, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is native to Southeast Asia, the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales. It is a small tree or shrub with egg-shaped leaves, sometimes with irregular teeth on the edges and much paler on the lower surface.[2]

Brown kurrajong
Commersonia bartramia in West Java
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Commersonia
Species:
C. bartramia
Binomial name
Commersonia bartramia
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Byttneria caledonica Turcz.
    • Commerconia echinata F.Muell. orth. var.
    • Commersonia echinata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
    • Commersonia echinata var. bancroftii F.M.Bailey
    • Commersonia echinata J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. var. echinata
    • Commersonia echinata var. javana Miq. ex Gagnep.
    • Commersonia echinata var. platyphylla (Andrews) Gagnep.
    • Commersonia javensis G.Don
    • Commersonia platyphylla Andrews
    • Commersonia platyphylla β lechenaultii DC.
    • Muntingia bartramia L.
    • Restiaria alba Rumph.
    • Restiaria echinata (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Kuntze

Taxonomy

Brown kurrajong was first formally described in 1759 by Carl Linnaeus who gave it the name Muntingia bartramia in Amoenitates Academicae.[3][4] In 1917, Elmer Drew Merrill changed the name to Commersonia bartramia in his book, An Interpretation of Rumphius's Herbarium Amboinense.[5][6]

References
  1. "Commersonia bartramia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  2. Harden, Gwen J. "Commersonia bartramia". Royal Botanic Garden Sudney. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  3. "Muntingia bartramia". APNI. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  4. Linnaeus, Carl (1759). Amoenitates academicae. New York: Apud Godofredum Kiesewetter. p. 124. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  5. "Commersonia bartramia". APNI. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  6. Merrill, Elmer Drew (1917). An interpretation of Rumphius's Herbarium amboinense. Manila: Bureau of Printing. pp. 362–363. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
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