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Dombeya
Dombeya is a flowering plant genus. Traditionally included in the family Sterculiaceae, it is included in the expanded Malvaceae in the APG and most subsequent systematics. These plants are known by a number of vernacular names which sometimes, misleadingly, allude to the superficial similarity of flowering Dombeya to pears or hydrangeas (which are unrelated). Therefore, the genus as a whole is often simply called dombeyas. The generic name commemorates Joseph Dombey (1742–1794), a French botanist and explorer in South America, involved in the notorious "Dombey affair", embroiling scientists and governments of France, Spain, and Britain for more than two years.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
South African Wild Pear
speciesDombeya rotundifolia
Pinkball
speciesDombeya wallichii
Pink Dombeya
speciesDombeya burgessiae
Dombeya × cayeuxii
hybridDombeya × cayeuxii
Forest Dombeya
speciesDombeya tiliacea
Hairless Dombeya
speciesDombeya cymosa
Dombeya ficulnea
speciesDombeya ficulnea
Silver Dombeya
speciesDombeya pulchra
Dombeya punctata
speciesDombeya punctata
Dombeya reclinata
speciesDombeya reclinata
Mukeu
speciesDombeya torrida
Madagascan strawberry snowball tree
speciesDombeya cacuminum
Dombeya acutangula
speciesDombeya acutangula
river wildpear
speciesDombeya kirkii
Dombeya ciliata
speciesDombeya ciliata
Dombeya spectabilis
speciesDombeya spectabilis
Dombeya ledermannii
speciesDombeya ledermannii
Dombeya greveana
speciesDombeya greveana
Dombeya borraginea
speciesDombeya borraginea
Dombeya cannabina
speciesDombeya cannabina
Dombeya elegans
speciesDombeya elegans
Dombeya biumbellata
speciesDombeya biumbellata
Dombeya pilosa
speciesDombeya pilosa
Dombeya lucida
speciesDombeya lucida
Dombeya formosa
speciesDombeya formosa
Tropical Dombeya
speciesDombeya quinqueseta
Dombeya decaryana
speciesDombeya decaryana
Dombeya ambohitrensis
speciesDombeya ambohitrensis
Dombeya coria
speciesDombeya coria
Dombeya subviscosa
speciesDombeya subviscosa
Dombeya milleri
speciesDombeya milleri
Autumn Dombeya
speciesDombeya autumnalis
Dombeya anakaensis
speciesDombeya anakaensis
Dombeya pubescens
speciesDombeya pubescens
Dombeya populnea
speciesDombeya populnea
large-leaved wildpear
speciesDombeya shupangae
Dombeya apikyensis
speciesDombeya apikyensis
Dombeya amaniensis
speciesDombeya amaniensis
Dombeya tremuliformis
speciesDombeya tremuliformis
Dombeya umbellata
speciesDombeya umbellata
Dombeya baronii
speciesDombeya baronii
Dombeya ambongensis
speciesDombeya ambongensis
Dombeya wittei
speciesDombeya wittei
Dombeya magnifolia
speciesDombeya magnifolia
Dombeya befotakensis
speciesDombeya befotakensis
Dombeya antsianakensis
speciesDombeya antsianakensis
Dombeya rariflora
speciesDombeya rariflora
Dombeya mandenensis
speciesDombeya mandenensis
Dombeya lecomtei
speciesDombeya lecomtei
Dombeya erythroclada
speciesDombeya erythroclada
Dombeya marojejyensis
speciesDombeya marojejyensis
Dombeya mollis
speciesDombeya mollis
Dombeya ambalabeensis
speciesDombeya ambalabeensis
Dombeya ivohibeensis
speciesDombeya ivohibeensis
Dombeya bakeri
speciesDombeya bakeri
Dombeya bemarivensis
speciesDombeya bemarivensis
Dombeya lastii
speciesDombeya lastii
Dombeya leachii
speciesDombeya leachii
Dombeya tsaratananensis
speciesDombeya tsaratananensis
Dombeya coriopsis
speciesDombeya coriopsis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
In the stacks
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Every page naming Dombeya in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 183664.