Christiana DC.

Coutinho, Thales Silva, Barbosa-Silva, Rafael G. & Dorr, Laurence J., 2025, A synopsis of Christiana DC. (Malvaceae, Brownlowioideae), with a new species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, PhytoKeys 253, pp. 33-56 : 33-56

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.253.145350
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14947367
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scientific name	Christiana DC.
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Treatment

Christiana DC. View in CoL , Prodr. 1: 516. 1824.

Christannia Walp. View in CoL , Repert. Bot. Syst. 1 (2): 360. 1842, sphalm. pro Christiana DC. View in CoL

Speirostyla Baker View in CoL , J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25 (171): 298. 1889. Type. Christiana africana DC. View in CoL (as Speirostyla tiliifolia Baker View in CoL )

Asterophorum Sprague View in CoL , Bull. Misc. Inform. 1908 (6): 249. 1908. Type. Christiana eburnea (Sprague) Kubitzki View in CoL (as Asterophorum eburneum Sprague View in CoL )

Tahitia Burret View in CoL , Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9 (88): 609. 1926. Type. Christiana vescoana (Baill.) Kubitzki View in CoL (as Tahitia vescoana Baill. View in CoL )

Type.

Christiana africana DC.

Distribution.

A genus of six species found in Mexico, Central and South America, Africa, Madagascar, and French Polynesia, with Brazil where there are four species, two of which are endemic as its main center of diversity. The genus is primarily found in rainforest ecosystems.

Eponymy.

Candolle named this genus in honor of Christen (Christian) Smith (1785–1816), who collected in the Canary and Cape Verde islands and in the Congo.