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Pterocymbium
Sign in to savePterocymbium is a genus in the family Malvaceae: in the subfamily Sterculioideae and previously placed in the Sterculiaceae. In Indonesia, P. tinctorium (Kelumbuk) is a significant timber tree.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalvales
- FamilyMalvaceae
General: Pterocymbium occurs in seasonally dry habitats up to 1000 m.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 49
- With media
- 43
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Collections
- ASU, NY, BRIT, BPBM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Malaysia/Sabah, Thailand, Malaysia/Malaya
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Sterculioideae
- Image
- Pterocy tinctori 090911-13069 hurn.JPG
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Pterocymbium is a genus in the family Malvaceae: in the subfamily Sterculioideae and previously placed in the Sterculiaceae. In Indonesia, P. tinctorium (Kelumbuk) is a significant timber tree.
== Species == Plants of the World Online currently (2025) accepts 12 species. Pterocymbium beccarii – New Guinea Pterocymbium dongnaiense – Laos and Vietnam§ Pterocymbium dussaudii – Laos Pterocymbium macranthum – Thailand and Myanmar Pterocymbium micranthum – Bismarck Archipelago Pterocymbium oceanicum – Fiji Pterocymbium parviflorum – Borneo Pterocymbium splendens – Borneo Pterocymbium stipitatum – New Guinea Pterocymbium tinctorium – Indo-China, Malesia (including Philippines) Pterocymbium tubulatum – Peninsular Malaysia Pterocymbium viridiflorum – Sulawesi
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pterocymbium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.