Commersonia

Commersonia
Commersonia bartramia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Byttnerioideae
Tribe: Lasiopetaleae
Genus: Commersonia
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Achilleopsis Turcz. nom. rej.
  • Buettnera J.F.Gmel. orth. var.
  • Buettneria Murray orth. var.
  • Buttneria J.Gay orth. var.
  • Byttneria Loefl. nom. cons.
  • Commerconia F.Muell. orth. var.
  • Ruelingia Diels & E.Pritz. orth. var.
  • Rulingia R.Br. nom. cons.
  • Rulingia sect. Eurulingia Steetz nom. inval.
  • Rulingia sect. Saccophora Steetz
  • Rullingia Endl. orth. var.

Commersonia is a genus of twenty-five species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. Plants in this genus are shrubs or trees, occurring from Indochina to Australia and have stems, leaves and flowers covered with star-like hairs. The leaves are simple, often with irregularly-toothed edges, the flowers bisexual with five sepals, five petals and five stamens and the fruit a capsule with five valves. The genus underwent a revision in 2011 and some species were separated from Commersonia, others were added from Rulingia.

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