African Plant Database


Triumfetta tomentosa Bojer
Family : Tiliaceae
Family (APGIII) : MALVACEAE
Protologue : Hort. 43 (1837)
Information on the genus : Triumfetta
 
 
Status
Status for SA : accepted (present)
Status for TA : accepted (present)
 
Synonym(s) Homotypic
 Triumfetta tomentosa Bojer var. tomentosa
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Triumfetta pilosa f. tricuspidata Sprague & Hutch.
=Triumfetta tomentosa var. macrocerata Chiov.
=Triumfetta holosericea Schinz (1908)
=Triumfetta ruhengerensis De Wild. (1932)
 
Taxon infra-specific
Triumfetta tomentosa Bojer var. tomentosa
 
Ecology and distribution
Trop. Afr.
Biology : Shrub to 4 m tall (rarely annual or perennial herb, 0,6-1,5 m and more), sometimes scrambling; ±tomentose all over.
Ecology : (Moist) forest edges and clearings, secondary forest, disturbed bushland, roadsides; damp wooded and shrubby places, river banks; grassy places; savanna; fallow land or old native cultivations as a weed; (330-)1080-2600 m alt.
  Namibia; S tropical America.

Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
  • BOUDET G. & J.P. LEBRUN (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. Etudes et Synthèses IEMVT 16 : 89
 
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Record n°174304 modified 2007-01-10
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