Tinnea (sunbells) is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae first described in 1867. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] It was named in honour of the Dutch explorer Alexine Tinne.[9]
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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 Kotschy ex Hook.f. - widespread from Mali to Somalia south to Mozambique; naturalized in Trinidad & Tobago Tinnea antiscorbutica Welw. - DRC, Zambia, Angola Tinnea apiculata Robyns & Lebrun - eastern Africa from Rwanda to Mozambique Tinnea barbata Vollesen - Eswatini, northern South Africa Tinnea barteri Gürke - western Africa Tinnea benguellensis Gürke - Angola Tinnea coerulea Gürke - DRC, Zambia, Angola Tinnea eriocalyx Welw. - DRC, Angola, Botswana, Namibia Tinnea galpinii Briq. - Eswatini, Mozambique, South Africa Tinnea gossweileri Robyns & Lebrun - Angola Tinnea gracilis Gürke - Tanzania to Zambia Tinnea mirabilis (Bullock) Vollesen - Tanzania Tinnea physalis E.A.Bruce - Tanzania Tinnea platyphylla Briq. - DRC Tinnea rhodesiana S.Moore - South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola, Mozambique Tinnea somalensis Gürke ex Chiov. - Ethiopia Tinnea vesiculosa Gürke - Tanzania, Malawi Tinnea vestita Baker - Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola, Botswana Tinnea zambesiaca Baker - Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique