Eriolaena

Eriolaena is a genus of flowering plants. Traditionally included in the family Sterculiaceae, it is included now in the recently expanded Malvaceae.[1] The genus is distributed in Asia, from southern China through Indochina to India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, and in coastal Mozambique.[2][3][4]

Eriolaena
Eriolaena quinquelocularis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Dombeyoideae
Genus: Eriolaena
DC.
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]

Eriochlaena (orth. var.)
Gumsia (orth. var.)
Jackia Spreng. nom. illeg.
Microchlaena Wight & Arn.
Microlaena Wall.
Schillera Reichb.
Wallichia DC. (non Roxb.: preoccupied)

These plants are trees or shrubs. They usually have single or paired white or yellow flowers, but some species have larger inflorescences. The fruit is a hard capsule with winged seeds.[3] The winged seeds make the genus distinctive in its family.[5]

Species include:[2][6]

  • Eriolaena affinis
  • Eriolaena candollei Wall. India and Bangladesh, Indochina, southern China
  • Eriolaena glabrescens
  • Eriolaena hookeriana Wight & Arn. India and Sri Lanka
  • Eriolaena kwangsiensis
  • Eriolaena lushingtonii Dunn Eastern Ghats (southern India)
  • Eriolaena quinquelocularis (Wight & Arn.) Drury India, Yunnan (China)
  • Eriolaena rulkensii[4] Dorr northern Mozambique
  • Eriolaena spectabilis (DC.) Planch. ex Mast.Himalayas (India, Nepal, Bhutan), northern Myanmar, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi (China)
  • Eriolaena stocksii
  • Eriolaena wallichii DC. Nepal, Arunachal Pradesh (India), northern Myanmar, Yunnan (China)

References
  1. Hinsley, S. R. (2007). Synonymy of Malvaceae.
  2. "Eriolaena DC.". Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Accessed 24 August 2021.
  3. Eriolaena. Flora of China. eFloras.
  4. Dorr LJ, Wurdack KJ (2018) A new disjunct species of Eriolaena (Malvaceae, Dombeyoideae) from Continental Africa.
  5. The Eriolaena Page. Malvaceae.info.
  6. Eriolaena. The Plant List.



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