Tinnea

Tinnea (sunbells) is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae first described in 1867. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa. It was named in honour of the Dutch explorer Alexine Tinne. Species Tinnea aethiopica – widespread from Mali to Somalia south to Mozambique; naturalized in Trinidad & Tobago Tinnea antiscorbutica – Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Zambia, Angola Tinnea apiculata – eastern Africa from Rwanda to Mozambique Tinnea barbata – Eswatini, northern South Africa Tinnea barteri – western Africa Tinnea benguellensis – Angola Tinnea coerulea – DRC, Zambia, Angola Tinnea eriocalyx – DRC, Angola, Botswana, Namibia Tinnea galpinii – Eswatini, Mozambique, South Africa Tinnea gombea – Nigeria Tinnea gossweileri – Angola Tinnea gracilis – Tanzania to Zambia Tinnea mirabilis – Tanzania Tinnea physalis – Tanzania Tinnea platyphylla – DRC Tinnea rhodesiana – South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola, Mozambique Tinnea somalensis – Ethiopia Tinnea vesiculosa – Tanzania, Malawi Tinnea vestita – Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola, Botswana Tinnea zambesiaca – Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique

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