Biology:Cullenia
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| Cullenia | |
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| Cullenia exarillata fruiting branch | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Helicteroideae |
| Tribe: | Durioneae |
| Genus: | Cullenia Wight |
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Cullenia ceylanica | |
Cullenia is a genus of flowering plants native to India and Sri Lanka. Earlier classification schemes placed the genus in the kapok-tree family (Bombacaceae), but the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group places it in the mallow family (Malvaceae).
The name is after General William Cullen (1785–1862), a Resident in the court of the Maharaja of Travancore who also took an interest in botany.[1] [2]
References
- ↑ Britten, James (1888). "Biographical index of British and Irisn Botanists". Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 26: 244–248. http://www23.us.archive.org/stream/mobot31753002398235#page/246/mode/1up.
- ↑ Drury, Heber (1864). Handbook of the Indian Flora. Volume 1. Travancore Sircar Press. pp. 88–89. https://archive.org/stream/handbookoftheind031933mbp#page/n123/mode/2up.
Wikidata ☰ Q5193006 entry
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