Triumfetta rhomboidea

Triumfetta rhomboidea
Flowering plant in Kerala, India.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Grewioideae
Genus: Triumfetta
Species: T. rhomboidea
Binomial name
Triumfetta rhomboidea
Jacq.[1]

Triumfetta rhomboidea, commonly known as diamond burbark[2] or Chinese bur, is a shrub that is extensively naturalised in tropical regions.[3][4]

Its bark--sometimes called burbark--makes a kind of Jute.

The taxon was first formally described in 1760 by botanist Nikolaus von Jacquin.[5]

References

  1. "Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq.". The Plant List. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  2. "Triumfetta rhomboidea". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  3. Harden G. J. "Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq.". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  4. "Taxon: Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq.". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  5. "Triumfetta rhomboidea". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
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