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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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:Dombeya'' of [[Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle|L'Héritier de Brutelle]] is a synonym of ''[[Tourrettia]]'' ([[Bignoniaceae]]). ''Dombeya'' of [[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck|Lamarck]] is a synonym of ''[[Araucaria]].
{{taxobox
|image = Dombeya wallichii2.jpg
|image = Dombeya wallichii2.jpg
|image_caption = [[Pink-ball]] (''[[Dombeya wallichii]]'') [[inflorescence]]
|image_caption = [[Pink-ball]] (''[[Dombeya wallichii]]'') [[inflorescence]]
|taxon = Dombeya
|regnum = [[Plantae]]
|authority = [[Antonio José Cavanilles|Cav.]] (1786)
|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]]
|unranked_ordo = [[Rosids]]
|ordo = [[Malvales]]
|familia = [[Malvaceae]]
|subfamilia = [[Dombeyoideae]]
|genus = '''''Dombeya'''''
|genus_authority = Cav.
|subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
|subdivision = Several, see text
|subdivision = Several, see text
|synonyms = ''Acropetalum'' <small>A.Juss.</small><br />
|synonyms =
*''Acropetalum'' <small>A.Juss. (1849), nom. superfl.</small>
''Assonia'' <small>Cav.</small><br />
*''Assonia'' <small>Cav. (1786)</small>
''Astrapaea'' <small>Lindl.</small><br />
*''Astrapaea'' <small>Lindl. (1821)</small>
''Cavanilla'' <small>J.F.Gmel. (''non'' [[José Mariano da Conceição Vellozo|Vell.]]: [[False croton|preoccupied]]){{Verify source|date=June 2008}}</small><br />
*''Cavanilla'' <small>J.F.Gmel. (1792)</small>
''Hilsenbergia'' <small>Boj.</small><br />
*''Hilsenbergia'' <small>Bojer (1842), nom. illeg.</small>
''Koenigia'' <small>Comm. ''ex'' Juss. (''non'' [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]: [[Koenigia|preoccupied]])</small><br />
*''Leeuwenhoeckia'' <small>E.Mey. ex Endl. (1839), not validly publ.</small>
''Leeuwenhoeckia'' <small>E.Mey. ''ex'' Endl.</small><br />
*''Vahlia'' <small>Dahl (1787), nom. illeg.</small>
''Stewartia'' <small>Comm. ''ex'' Adans. (''non'' [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]: [[Stewartia|preoccupied]])</small><br />
*''Walcuffa'' <small>J.F.Gmel. (1792)</small>
''Vahlia'' <small>Dahl</small><br />
*''Walkuffa'' <small>Bruce ex Steud.</small>
''Walcuffa'' <small>J.F.Gmel.</small><br />
*''Xeropetalum'' <small>Delile (1826)</small>
|synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331567-2 ''Dombeya'' Cav.] ''[[Plants of the World Online]]''. Retrieved 25 June 2023.</ref>
''Walkuffa'' <small>Bruce ex Steud.</small><br />
}}
''Xeropetalum'' <small>Delile</small><br />
|}}


'''''Dombeya''''' is a [[flowering plant]] [[genus]]. Traditionally included in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Sterculiaceae]], it is included in the expanded [[Malvaceae]] in the [[Angiosperm Phylogeny Group|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 [[pear]]s or [[hydrangea]]s (which are quite unrelated [[dicot]]s). Therefore, the genus as a whole is often simply called '''dombeyas'''. The [[name of a biological genus|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 England for more than two years.
'''''Dombeya''''' is a [[flowering plant]] [[genus]]. Traditionally included in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Sterculiaceae]], it is included in the expanded [[Malvaceae]] in the [[Angiosperm Phylogeny Group|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 [[pear]]s or [[hydrangea]]s (which are unrelated). Therefore, the genus as a whole is often simply called '''dombeyas'''. The [[name of a biological genus|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]]. Formerly believed to hold only about 80 [[species]], in the present delimitation, ''Dombeya'' is one of the most speciose Malvaceae genera, containing some 255 species. Most have been moved here from distinct genera, which are now considered [[junior synonym]]s<ref name = hinsley2008>Hinsley (2008)</ref>. Some of these might warrant recognition as [[subgenera]], to show the [[evolution]]ary and [[phylogenetic]] patterns of the numerous dombeyas more clearly<ref name = caoetal2006>Cao ''et al.'' (2006)</ref>. In addition to the synonyms listed here, ''[[Astiria]]'' is suspected to be a rather distinct derivative of ''Dombeya'' and would thus have to be included in the present genus<ref name = caoetal2006 />. This requires renaming of species, as ''A. rosea'' conflicts with ''D. rosea'', a junior synonym of ''[[Dombeya burgessiae|D. burgessiae]]''. Furthermore, several species have been moved here from related genera that are still valid, namely ''[[Pentapetes]]''<ref name = hinsley2008 />.
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]].<ref name = skema>Skema, Cynthia. "Toward a New Circumscription of Dombeya (Malvales: Dombeyaceae): A Molecular Phylogenetic and Morphological Study of Dombeya of Madagascar and a New Segregate Genus, Andringitra." ''Taxon'', vol. 61, no. 3, 2012, pp. 612–628. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/41679276. Accessed 23 Aug. 2021.</ref> 24 species are native to the [[Mascarene Islands]], of which 23 are endemic to the islands.<ref name = lepechon>Le Péchon, Timothée, Qiang Dai, Li-Bing Zhang, Xin-Fen Gao, and Hervé Sauquet (2015). "Diversification of Dombeyoideae (Malvaceae) in the Mascarenes: Old Taxa on Young Islands?" ''International Journal of Plant Sciences'' Volume 176, Number 3 March/April 2015. https://doi.org/10.1086/679350</ref> ''[[Dombeya acutangula]]'' is native to east Africa, Madagascar, and the Mascarenes, with a disjunct population in [[Laos]] in Southeast Asia.<ref name = acutangula>"''Dombeya acutangula'' Cav.". ''Plants of the World Online'', Kew Science. Accessed 23 August 2021. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:822892-1</ref>

==Taxonomy==
Formerly believed to hold only about 80 [[species]], in the present delimitation, ''Dombeya'' is one of the most speciose Malvaceae genera, containing as many as 255 species. Most have been moved here from distinct genera, which are now considered [[junior synonym]]s.<ref name = hinsley2008>Hinsley (2008)</ref> Some of these might warrant recognition as [[subgenera]], to show the [[evolution]]ary and [[phylogenetic]] patterns of the numerous dombeyas more clearly.<ref name = caoetal2006>Cao ''et al.'' (2006)</ref> In addition to the synonyms listed here, ''[[Astiria]]'' is suspected to be a rather distinct derivative of ''Dombeya'' and would thus have to be included in the present genus.<ref name = caoetal2006 /> This requires renaming of species, as ''A. rosea'' conflicts with ''D. rosea'', a junior synonym of ''[[Dombeya burgessiae|D. burgessiae]]''. Furthermore, several species have been moved here from related genera that are still valid, namely ''[[Pentapetes]]''.<ref name = hinsley2008 />

''Dombeya'' of [[Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle|L'Héritier de Brutelle]] is a synonym of ''[[Tourrettia]]'' ([[Bignoniaceae]]). ''Dombeya'' of [[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck|Lamarck]] is a synonym of ''[[Araucaria]]''.


==Selected species==
==Selected species==
There are 197 accepted species of ''Dombeya''.<ref name = powo/> Selected species include:
[[Image:DombeyaElegans.JPG|thumb|right|''[[Dombeya elegans]]'']]
[[Image:DombeyaElegans.JPG|thumb|right|''[[Dombeya elegans]]'']]
[[Image:Dombeya pilosa flowers.JPG|thumb|right|''[[Dombeya pilosa]]'' flowers]]
[[Image:Dombeya pilosa flowers.JPG|thumb|right|''[[Dombeya pilosa]]'' flowers]]
[[Image:Dombeya burgessiae Montjuic.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Dombeya burgessiae]]'']]
* ''[[Dombeya acerifolia]]'' <small>Baker</small> (= ''D. acerifolia'' var. ''typica'' <small>Hochr.</small>)<!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 -->
* ''[[Dombeya acutangula]]'' &ndash; [[Bois Bete]], ''mahot tantan''
* ''[[Dombeya acuminatissima]]'' <small>Hochr.</small> – eastern Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya acutangula]]'' <small>Cav.</small> &ndash; [[Bois Bete]], ''mahot tantan''. East Africa (Tanzania to Mozambique), Madagascar, Mascarene Islands, and Laos
* ''[[Dombeya aethiopica]]''
* ''[[Dombeya amaniensis]]''
* ''[[Dombeya aethiopica]]'' <small>Gilli</small> – Ethiopia
* ''[[Dombeya autumnalis]]'' <small>I.Verd.</small>
* ''[[Dombeya albisquama]]'' <small>Arènes</small> – central-eastern Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya blattiolens]]'' <small>Frapp.</small><!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 -->
* ''[[Dombeya albotomentosa]]'' <small>Arènes</small> – central Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya boehmiana]]'' (= ''Vincentia boehmiana'' <small>(F.Hoffm.) Burret</small>)
* ''[[Dombeya alleizettei]]'' <small>Arènes</small> – central Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya amaniensis]]'' <small>Engl.</small> – Tanzania
* ''[[Dombeya burgessiae]]'' <small>Gerr. ex Harv.</small> (= ''D. greenwayi'' <small>Wild</small>, ''D. mastersii'' <small>Hook.f.</small>, ''D. parvifolia'' <small>K.Schum.</small>, ''D. rosea'' <small>E.G.Baker</small>, ''D. tanganyikensis'' <small>Baker</small>)
* ''[[Dombeya cacuminum]]'' <small>Hochr.</small><!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 -->
* ''[[Dombeya ambalabeensis]]'' <small>Arènes</small> – southwestern and southern Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya ciliata]]'' <small>Cordem.</small><!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 -->
* ''[[Dombeya ambatosoratrensis]]'' <small>Arènes</small> – central-eastern Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya coria]]'' <small>Baill.</small><!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 -->
* ''[[Dombeya ambohitrensis]]'' <small>Arènes</small> – northern Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya cymosa]]'' <small>Harv.</small>
* ''[[Dombeya ambositrensis]]'' <small>Arènes</small> – central Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya decanthera]]'' <small>Cav.</small> (= ''D. bojeriana'' <small>Baill.</small>, ''Melhania decanthera'' <small>(Cav.) DC</small>)
* ''[[Dombeya ameliae]]'' <small>Guill.</small> – east-central Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya delislei]]'' <small>Arènes</small><!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 -->
* ''[[Dombeya amplifolia]]'' <small>Arènes</small> – central-eastern Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya elegans]]'' <small>Cordem.</small> &ndash; sometimes included in ''D. burgessiae''<!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 -->
* ''[[Dombeya anakaensis]]'' <small>Arènes</small> – southwestern Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya ferruginea]]'' <small>Cav.</small> (= ''Pentapetes ferruginea'' <small>Poir.</small>)<!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 -->
* ''[[Dombeya andapensis]]'' <small>Arènes</small> – central and eastern Madagascar
** ''Dombeya ferruginea'' ssp. ''borbonica'' <small>F.Friedmann</small>
* ''[[Dombeya andrahomanensis]]'' <small>Arènes</small> – southern Madagascar
** ''Dombeya ferruginea'' ssp. ''ferruginea''
* ''[[Dombeya angustipetala]]'' <small>Arènes</small> – eastern Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya ankaratrensis]]'' <small>Arènes</small> – central Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya ficulnea]]'' <small>Baill.</small> &ndash; sometimes erroneously included in ''D. punctata''<ref>Cao ''et al.'' (2006), Hinsley (2008)</ref><!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 -->
* ''[[Dombeya glandulosissima]]'' <small>Arènes</small><!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 -->
* ''[[Dombeya ankazobeensis]]'' <small>Arènes</small> – central Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya kirkii]]'' <small>Mast.</small>
* ''[[Dombeya anonyensis]]'' <small>Arènes</small> – central Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya antsianakensis]]'' <small>Baill.</small> – central and eastern Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya laurifolia]]'' <small>(Bojer) Baill.</small> (= ''D. parkeri'' <small>Baill.</small>, ''D. valimpony'' <small>R.Vig. & Humbert</small>, ''D. valimpony'' f. ''obovalopsis'' <small>Hochr.</small>, ''Melhania laurifolia'' <small>Bojer</small>)
* ''[[Dombeya leandrii]]'' <small>Arènes</small><!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 -->
* ''[[Dombeya apikyensis]]'' <small>Arènes</small> – southeastern Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya ledermannii]]''
* ''[[Dombeya aquifoliopsis]]'' <small>Hochr.</small> – eastern Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya longebracteolata]]''
* ''[[Dombeya asymmetrica]]'' <small>Appleq.</small> – Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya macrantha]]'' <small>Baker</small><!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 -->
* ''[[Dombeya australis]]'' <small>Scott Elliot</small> – southeastern Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya mauritiana]]'' <small>F.Friedmann</small><!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 -->
* ''[[Dombeya autumnalis]]'' <small>I.Verd.</small> – Northern Province of South Africa
* ''[[Dombeya montana]]'' <small>(Hochr.) Arènes</small> (= ''D. acerifolia'' var. ''montana'' <small>Hochr.</small>)
* ''[[Dombeya baronii]]'' <small>Baker</small> – central and eastern Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya natalensis]]'' <small>[[Sond.]]</small>
* ''[[Dombeya bathiei]]'' <small>Hochr.</small> – central Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya palmatisecta]]'' <small>Hochr.</small><!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 -->
* ''[[Dombeya befotakensis]]'' <small>Arènes</small> – eastern Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya pilosa]]'' <small>Cordem.</small><!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 -->
* ''[[Dombeya bemarivensis]]'' <small>(Hochr.) Arènes</small> – central Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya populnea]]'' <small>Baill.</small> (= ''Pentapetes populnea'' <small>Poir.</small>)<!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 -->
* ''[[Dombeya biumbellata]]'' <small>Baker</small> – central Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya pulchra]]'' <small>N.E.Br.</small>
* ''[[Dombeya blattiolens]]'' <small>Frapp. ex Cordem.</small><!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 --> – Réunion
* ''[[Dombeya borraginea]]'' <small>Hochr.</small> – western Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya punctata]]'' <small>Cav.</small> (= ''D. lancea'' <small>Cordem.</small>, ''D. pervillei'' <small>Baill.</small>, ''Pentapetes punctata'' <small>Poir.</small>)<!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 -->
* ''[[Dombeya reclinata]]'' <small>Cordem.</small><!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 -->
* ''[[Dombeya breonii]]'' <small>Baill.</small> – central and eastern Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya rodriguesiana]]'' <small>F.Friedmann</small><!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 -->
* ''[[Dombeya brevistyla]]'' <small>Arènes</small> – central and eastern Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya rottleroides]]'' <small>Baill.</small><!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 -->
* ''[[Dombeya buettneri]]'' <small>K.Schum.</small> – tropical Africa from Guinea to Ethiopia and Zambia
* ''[[Dombeya burgessiae]]'' <small>Gerrard ex Harv.</small> (= ''D. greenwayi'' <small>Wild</small>, ''D. mastersii'' <small>Hook.f.</small>, ''D. parvifolia'' <small>K.Schum.</small>, ''D. rosea'' <small>E.G.Baker</small>, ''D. tanganyikensis'' <small>Baker</small>) – South Sudan to Angola and South Africa
* ''[[Dombeya rotundifolia]]'' <small>Planch.</small> &ndash; [[Dikbas]], "South African Wild Pear"
* ''[[Dombeya shupangae]]'' <small>K.Schum.</small><!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 -->
* ''[[Dombeya cacuminum]]'' <small>Hochr.</small><!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 --> – northern and central Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya cannabina]]'' {{small|Hils. & Bojer ex Hook.}} – central Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya spectabilis]]'' <small>Bojer</small> (= ''D. chapelieri'' <small>Baill.</small>, ''D. humblotii'' <small>Baill.</small>, ''D. lantziana'' <small>Baill.</small>, ''D. rotundifolia'' <small>Bojer</small>)
* ''[[Dombeya capuroniana]]'' {{small|Arènes}} – north-central Madagascar ([[Montagne d'Ambre]])
* ''[[Dombeya tiliacea]]'' <small>(Endl.) Planch.</small> (= ''Xeropetalum tiliaceum'' <small>Endl.</small>)<!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 -->
* ''[[Dombeya tsaratananensis]]'' <small>(Hochr.) Arènes</small> (= ''D. ficulnea'' var. ''tsaratananensis'' <small>Hochr.</small>)
* ''[[Dombeya capuronii]]'' {{small|Arènes}} – central Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya catatii]]'' {{small|Hochr.}} – southeastern Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya umbellata]]'' <small>Cav.</small> (= ''Pentapetes umbellata'' <small>Poir.</small>)<!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 -->
* ''[[Dombeya wallichii]]'' <small>[[Benth.]] et [[Hook.f.]]</small> (= ''Astrapaea wallichii'' <small>Lindl.</small>) &ndash; Pink-ball, "Tropical Hydrangea"
* ''[[Dombeya ciliata]]'' <small>Cordem.</small><!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 --> – Réunion
* ''[[Dombeya condensata]]'' {{small|Hochr.}} – central Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya coria]]'' <small>Baill.</small><!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 --> – central and eastern Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya cymosa]]'' <small>Harv.</small> – southern Mozambique to South Africa
* ''[[Dombeya decanthera]]'' <small>Cav.</small> (= ''D. bojeriana'' <small>Baill.</small>, ''Melhania decanthera'' <small>(Cav.) DC</small>) – southeastern Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya delislei]]'' <small>Arènes</small><!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 --> – Réunion
* ''[[Dombeya elegans]]'' <small>Cordem.</small> &ndash; sometimes included in ''D. burgessiae''<!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 --> – Réunion
* ''[[Dombeya ficulnea]]'' <small>Baill.</small> &ndash; sometimes erroneously included in ''D. punctata''<ref>Cao ''et al.'' (2006), Hinsley (2008)</ref><!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 -->. – Réunion
* ''[[Dombeya formosa]]'' <small>Le Péchon & Pausé</small> – Réunion
* ''[[Dombeya glandulosissima]]'' <small>Arènes</small><!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 --> – eastern Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya kirkii]]'' <small>Mast.</small> – southern Ethiopia to KwaZulu-Natal
* ''[[Dombeya laurifolia]]'' <small>(Bojer) Baill.</small> (= ''D. parkeri'' <small>Baill.</small>, ''D. valimpony'' <small>R.Vig. & Humbert</small>, ''D. valimpony'' f. ''obovalopsis'' <small>Hochr.</small>, ''Melhania laurifolia'' <small>Bojer</small>) – central Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya leandrii]]'' <small>Arènes</small><!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 --> – western Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya ledermannii]]'' <small>Engl.</small> – Nigeria and Cameroon
* ''[[Dombeya longebracteolata]]'' <small>Seyani</small> – southwestern and southern Ethiopia
* ''[[Dombeya montana]]'' <small>(Hochr.) Arènes</small> (= ''D. acerifolia'' var. ''montana'' <small>Hochr.</small>) – central Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya palmatisecta]]'' <small>Hochr.</small><!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 --> – Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya pilosa]]'' <small>Cordem.</small><!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 --> – Réunion
* ''[[Dombeya pulchra]]'' <small>N.E.Br.</small> – South Africa: Northern Province to KwaZulu-Natal
* ''[[Dombeya punctata]]'' <small>Cav.</small> (= ''D. lancea'' <small>Cordem.</small>, ''D. pervillei'' <small>Baill.</small>, ''Pentapetes punctata'' <small>Poir.</small>)<!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 --> – Réunion
* ''[[Dombeya reclinata]]'' <small>Cordem.</small><!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 --> – Réunion
* ''[[Dombeya rodriguesiana]]'' <small>F.Friedmann</small><!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 --> – Rodrigues
* ''[[Dombeya rottleroides]]'' <small>Baill.</small><!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 --> – northern and central Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya rotundifolia]]'' <small>(Hochst.) Planch.</small> &ndash; Blompeer or "South African Wild Pear". southern Ethiopia to South Africa
* ''[[Dombeya shupangae]]'' <small>K.Schum.</small><!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 --> – southeastern Kenya to Mozambique and Democratic Republic of the Congo
* ''[[Dombeya spectabilis]]'' <small>Bojer</small> (= ''D. chapelieri'' <small>Baill.</small>, ''D. humblotii'' <small>Baill.</small>, ''D. lantziana'' <small>Baill.</small>, ''D. rotundifolia'' <small>Bojer</small>) – east-central Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya tiliacea]]'' <small>(Endl.) Planch.</small> (= ''Xeropetalum tiliaceum'' <small>Endl.</small>)<!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 --> – South Africa: Eastern Cape Province to KwaZulu-Natal
* ''[[Dombeya torrida]]'' <small>(J.F.Gmel.) Bamps</small> – Central African Republic to Eritrea, Zambia, and Malawi; also Yemen and southwestern Saudi Arabia.
* ''[[Dombeya tsaratananensis]]'' <small>(Hochr.) Arènes</small> (= ''D. ficulnea'' var. ''tsaratananensis'' <small>Hochr.</small>) – central Madagascar
* ''[[Dombeya umbellata]]'' <small>Cav.</small> (= ''Pentapetes umbellata'' <small>Poir.</small>)<!-- C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17 --> – Réunion
* ''[[Dombeya wallichii]]'' <small>(Lindl.) K.Schum.</small> (= ''Astrapaea wallichii'' <small>Lindl.</small>) &ndash; [[Pink-ball]], "Tropical Hydrangea". Eastern Madagascar


==Footnotes==
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==External links==
==External links==
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* malvaceae.info: [http://www.malvaceae.info/Genera/Dombeya/gallery.html ''Dombeya'' gallery]. Retrieved 2008-JUN-25.
* malvaceae.info: [http://www.malvaceae.info/Genera/Dombeya/gallery.html ''Dombeya'' gallery]. Retrieved 2008-JUN-25.
* [[PlantList]] [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Dombeya search for Dombeya]. Retrieved 20190318.


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Latest revision as of 16:03, 30 December 2023

Dombeya
Pink-ball (Dombeya wallichii) inflorescence
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Dombeyoideae
Genus: Dombeya
Cav. (1786)
Species

Several, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Acropetalum A.Juss. (1849), nom. superfl.
  • Assonia Cav. (1786)
  • Astrapaea Lindl. (1821)
  • Cavanilla J.F.Gmel. (1792)
  • Hilsenbergia Bojer (1842), nom. illeg.
  • Leeuwenhoeckia E.Mey. ex Endl. (1839), not validly publ.
  • Vahlia Dahl (1787), nom. illeg.
  • Walcuffa J.F.Gmel. (1792)
  • Walkuffa Bruce ex Steud.
  • Xeropetalum Delile (1826)

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[edit]

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.[2] 24 species are native to the Mascarene Islands, of which 23 are endemic to the islands.[3] Dombeya acutangula is native to east Africa, Madagascar, and the Mascarenes, with a disjunct population in Laos in Southeast Asia.[4]

Taxonomy[edit]

Formerly believed to hold only about 80 species, in the present delimitation, Dombeya is one of the most speciose Malvaceae genera, containing as many as 255 species. Most have been moved here from distinct genera, which are now considered junior synonyms.[5] Some of these might warrant recognition as subgenera, to show the evolutionary and phylogenetic patterns of the numerous dombeyas more clearly.[6] In addition to the synonyms listed here, Astiria is suspected to be a rather distinct derivative of Dombeya and would thus have to be included in the present genus.[6] This requires renaming of species, as A. rosea conflicts with D. rosea, a junior synonym of D. burgessiae. Furthermore, several species have been moved here from related genera that are still valid, namely Pentapetes.[5]

Dombeya of L'Héritier de Brutelle is a synonym of Tourrettia (Bignoniaceae). Dombeya of Lamarck is a synonym of Araucaria.

Selected species[edit]

There are 197 accepted species of Dombeya.[1] Selected species include:

Dombeya elegans
Dombeya pilosa flowers
Dombeya burgessiae

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ a b Dombeya Cav. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  2. ^ Skema, Cynthia. "Toward a New Circumscription of Dombeya (Malvales: Dombeyaceae): A Molecular Phylogenetic and Morphological Study of Dombeya of Madagascar and a New Segregate Genus, Andringitra." Taxon, vol. 61, no. 3, 2012, pp. 612–628. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/41679276. Accessed 23 Aug. 2021.
  3. ^ Le Péchon, Timothée, Qiang Dai, Li-Bing Zhang, Xin-Fen Gao, and Hervé Sauquet (2015). "Diversification of Dombeyoideae (Malvaceae) in the Mascarenes: Old Taxa on Young Islands?" International Journal of Plant Sciences Volume 176, Number 3 March/April 2015. https://doi.org/10.1086/679350
  4. ^ "Dombeya acutangula Cav.". Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Accessed 23 August 2021. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:822892-1
  5. ^ a b Hinsley (2008)
  6. ^ a b Cao et al. (2006)
  7. ^ Cao et al. (2006), Hinsley (2008)

References[edit]

  • Cao, Nathanaël; Le Pechon, Timothée & Zaragüeta-Bagils, René (2006): Does minimizing homoplasy really maximize homology? MaHo: A method for evaluating homology among most parsimonious trees. C. R. Palevol 7(1): 17–26. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2007.12.008 (HTML abstract)
  • Hinsley, Stewart R. (2008): Partial Synonymy of Dombeya. Retrieved 2008-JUN-25.

External links[edit]

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