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
 * 1) Tinnea aethiopica  - widespread from Mali to Somalia south to Mozambique; naturalized in Trinidad & Tobago
 * 2) Tinnea antiscorbutica  - DRC, Zambia, Angola
 * 3) Tinnea apiculata  - eastern Africa from Rwanda to Mozambique
 * 4) Tinnea barbata  - Eswatini, northern South Africa
 * 5) Tinnea barteri  - western Africa
 * 6) Tinnea benguellensis  - Angola
 * 7) Tinnea coerulea  - DRC, Zambia, Angola
 * 8) Tinnea eriocalyx  - DRC, Angola, Botswana, Namibia
 * 9) Tinnea galpinii  - Eswatini, Mozambique, South Africa
 * 10) Tinnea gossweileri  - Angola
 * 11) Tinnea gracilis  - Tanzania to Zambia
 * 12) Tinnea mirabilis  - Tanzania
 * 13) Tinnea physalis  - Tanzania
 * 14) Tinnea platyphylla  - DRC
 * 15) Tinnea rhodesiana  - South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola, Mozambique
 * 16) Tinnea somalensis  - Ethiopia
 * 17) Tinnea vesiculosa  - Tanzania, Malawi
 * 18) Tinnea vestita  - Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola, Botswana
 * 19) Tinnea zambesiaca  - Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique