Colona (plant)

Colona
Colona auriculata: leaves & capsules
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Grewioideae
Genus: Colona
Cav. (1789)
Species

see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Columbia Pers.
  • Diplophractum Desf.

Colona[2] is a genus of flowering plant in the Malvaceae sensu lato or Tiliaceae: now placed in the subfamily Grewioideae. It is native to the eastern Indian subcontinent, Indochina, south-central China, Malesia, and New Guinea.[1][3]

Species

Plants of the World Online accepts 36 species.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Colona Cav". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  2. ^ Cavanilles AJ (1797) Icones et Descriptiones Plantarum, quae aut sponte ... iv. 47. t. 870.
  3. ^ "Colona - Vietnam Plant Data Center (BVNGroup)". Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
  • Media related to Colona at Wikimedia Commons