Hermannia

Hermannia is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It comprises at least 65 species with many more species as yet unresolved.

The genus commemorates Prof. Paul Hermann (1646-1695), a German professor of botany at Leyden and one of the first collectors to visit the Cape.

The genus has a large number of species, each with very limited distribution, but they are generally common and not threatened, with little interest shown in them for horticulture or medicine.

Their distribution ranges across Southern Africa, the vast majority of species being endemic. They are also found in Madagascar and in tropical East Africa to North East Africa and Arabia. A single species, Hermannia tigrensis, is found in western, southern and North-East Africa. Three species are found in northern Mexico and adjacent regions of the United States, one species in southern Mexico, and one in Australia. Hermannia's greatest diversity is found in the Western and Northern Cape, and Namibia.

Systematics

 * Hermannia abrotanoides SCHRADER
 * Hermannia althaeoides Link
 * Hermannia auricoma K. Schum.
 * Hermannia burchellii Verd.
 * Hermannia cernua Thunb.
 * Hermannia coccocarpa Kuntze
 * Hermannia comosa Burch. ex DC.
 * Hermannia confusa SALTER
 * Hermannia cuneifolia Jacq.
 * Hermannia damarana Baker f.
 * Hermannia decumbens Willd. ex Spreng.
 * Hermannia depressa N.E. Br.
 * Hermannia diffusa L.f.
 * Hermannia eenii Baker
 * Hermannia elliottiana K. Schum.
 * Hermannia engleri Schinz
 * Hermannia erodioides Kuntze
 * Hermannia exappendiculata (Mast.) K. Schum.
 * Hermannia flammea Jacq.
 * Hermannia gariepina Eckl. & Zeyh.
 * Hermannia geniculata Eckl. & Zeyh.
 * Hermannia gerrardii Harv.
 * Hermannia glabrata L.f.
 * Hermannia glanduligera K.Schum. ex Schinz
 * Hermannia grandistipula (Buching. ex Harv.) K. Schum.
 * Hermannia grossularifolia L.
 * Hermannia heterophylla Thunb.
 * Hermannia involucrata Cav.
 * Hermannia johnstonii Exell & Mendonça
 * Hermannia juttae Dinter & Engl.
 * Hermannia lacera Fourc.
 * Hermannia lancifolia Szyszyl.
 * Hermannia linifolia Burm. f.
 * Hermannia linnaeoides K. Schum.
 * Hermannia modesta (Ehrenb.) Mast.
 * Hermannia montana N.E. Br.
 * Hermannia muricata Eckl. & Zeyh.
 * Hermannia oblongifolia Hochr.
 * Hermannia palmeri Vasey & Rose.
 * Hermannia parviflora Eckl. & Zeyh.
 * Hermannia pauciflora S. Watson
 * Hermannia paucifolia Turcz.
 * Hermannia pearsonii Exell & Mendonça
 * Hermannia pfeilii K. Schum.
 * Hermannia pinnata L.
 * Hermannia pulchella L.f.
 * Hermannia pulverata Andrews
 * Hermannia quartiniana A.Rich.
 * Hermannia rautanenii Schinz ex Schumann
 * Hermannia repetenda Verd.
 * Hermannia resedifolia R.A. Dyer
 * Hermannia rigida Harv.
 * Hermannia scabra Cav.
 * Hermannia scordifolia Jacq.
 * Hermannia setosa Schinz
 * Hermannia sisymbriifolia Hochr.
 * Hermannia spinosa E. Meyer ex Harvey
 * Hermannia stellulata K. Schum.
 * Hermannia stipitata Pillans
 * Hermannia texana A. Gray
 * Hermannia tigrensis Hochst. ex A.Rich.
 * Hermannia tomentosa (Turcz.) Schinz ex Engl.
 * Hermannia veronicifolia Hochr.
 * Hermannia vestita Thunb.
 * Hermannia violacea K. Schum.
 * Hermannia viscosa Hiern