Tinnea (sunbells) is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae first described in 1867. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa.[1] It was named in honour of the Dutch explorer Alexine Tinne.[2]
| Tinnea | |
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| Tinnea barteri | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Scutellarioideae |
| Genus: | Tinnea Kotschy ex Hook.f.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Tinnea aethiopica Kotschy & Peyr. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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- Species[1]
- Tinnea aethiopica Kotschy ex Hook.f. – widespread from Mali to Somalia south to Mozambique; naturalized in Trinidad & Tobago
- Tinnea antiscorbutica Welw. – Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Zambia, Angola
- Tinnea apiculata Robyns & Lebrun – eastern Africa from Rwanda to Mozambique
- Tinnea barbata Vollesen – Eswatini, northern South Africa
- Tinnea barteri Gürke – western Africa
- Tinnea benguellensis Gürke – Angola
- Tinnea coerulea Gürke – DRC, Zambia, Angola
- Tinnea eriocalyx Welw. – DRC, Angola, Botswana, Namibia
- Tinnea galpinii Briq. – Eswatini, Mozambique, South Africa
- Tinnea gombea Zhigila – Nigeria
- Tinnea gossweileri Robyns & Lebrun – Angola
- Tinnea gracilis Gürke – Tanzania to Zambia
- Tinnea mirabilis (Bullock) Vollesen – Tanzania
- Tinnea physalis E.A.Bruce – Tanzania
- Tinnea platyphylla Briq. – DRC
- Tinnea rhodesiana S.Moore – South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola, Mozambique
- Tinnea somalensis Gürke ex Chiov. – Ethiopia
- Tinnea vesiculosa Gürke – Tanzania, Malawi
- Tinnea vestita Baker – Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola, Botswana
- Tinnea zambesiaca Baker – Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique
References
edit- 1 2 3 4 "Tinnea Kotschy ex Hook.f." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
- ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018-06-06). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. pp. T23. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901.
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