Commersonia madagascariensis

Commersonia madagascariensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to Madagascar. It was first formally described in 1883 by John Gilbert Baker who gave it the name Rulingia madagascariensis in the The Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany.^[2][3] In 2011, Carolyn Wilkins and Barbara Whitlock transferred the species to the genus Commersonia as C. madagascariensis in the journal Australian Systematic Botany.^[1]

Commersonia madagascariensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Genus:	Commersonia
Species:	C. madagascariensis
Binomial name
Commersonia madagascariensis (Baker) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock^[1]
Synonyms
List Restiaria madagascariensis (Baker) Kuntze Rulingia madagascariensis Baker Rulingia madagascariensis var. typica Hochr. Rulingia madagascariensis var. andringitrensis Hochr. Rulingia madagascariensis subsp. andringitrensis (Hochr.) Arènes Rulingia madagascariensis var. hildebrandtii Baill. ex Arènes Rulingia madagascariensis var. luteohirta Arènes Rulingia madagascariensis var. perrieri Arènes

References

1. "Commersonia madagascariensis". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
2. "Rulingia madagascariensis". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
3. Baker, John G. (1884). "Contribution to the Flora of Madagascar. - Part I. Polypetalae". The Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany. 20: 104. Retrieved 3 April 2023.