Hermannia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants in the mallow family Malvaceae}} {{About|the plant genus ''Hermannia''|the mite genus ''Hermannia''|Hermannia (mite)}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = The Botanical Magazine, Plate 307 (Volume 9, 1795).png | image_caption = ''Hermannia althaeifolia'', from The Botanical Magazine, Volume 9 | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Hermannia | authority = L. (1753) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. | synonyms_ref = <ref name=powo/> | synonyms = * ''Eurynema'' Endl. * ''Mahernia'' L. {{efn|''Mahernia'' is an imperfect taxonomic anagram of ''Hermannia''.<ref name="Burkhardt2018"/>}} * ''Trichanthera'' Ehrenb. }}

'''''Hermannia''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It includes 170 species.<ref name = powo/>

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.<ref name="Burkhardt2018"/>

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.

==Species== 170 species are accepted.<ref name = powo/> {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * ''Hermannia abrotanoides'' Schrad. * ''Hermannia affinis'' {{small|K.Schum. ex Schinz}} * ''Hermannia alhiensis'' {{small|K.Schum.}} * ''Hermannia alnifolia'' {{small|L.}} * ''Hermannia althaeifolia'' {{small|L.}} * ''Hermannia althaeoides'' Link * ''Hermannia amabilis'' {{small|Marloth ex K.Schum.}} * ''Hermannia amoena'' {{small|Dinter ex Friedr.-Holzh.}} * ''Hermannia angularis'' {{small|Jacq.}} * ''Hermannia antonii'' {{small|I.Verd.}} * ''Hermannia argillicola'' {{small|Dinter ex Friedr.-Holzh.}} * ''Hermannia aspera'' {{small|J.C.Wendl.}} * ''Hermannia auricoma'' K. Schum. * ''Hermannia bicolor'' {{small|Dinter & Engl.}} * ''Hermannia boraginiflora'' {{small|Hook.}} * ''Hermannia boranensis'' {{small|K.Schum.}} * ''Hermannia brachymalla'' {{small|K.Schum.}} * ''Hermannia brachypetala'' {{small|Harv.}} * ''Hermannia bryoniifolia'' {{small|Burch.}} * ''Hermannia burchellii'' Verd. * ''Hermannia burkei'' {{small|Burtt Davy}} * ''Hermannia cernua'' Thunb. * ''Hermannia coccocarpa'' Kuntze * ''Hermannia comosa'' Burch. ex DC. * ''Hermannia complicata'' {{small|Engl.}} * ''Hermannia concinnifolia'' {{small|I.Verd.}} * ''Hermannia confusa'' T.M.Salter * ''Hermannia conglomerata'' {{small|Eckl. & Zeyh.}} * ''Hermannia cordata'' {{small|(E.Mey. ex E.Phillips) De Winter}} * ''Hermannia cordifolia'' {{small|Harv.}} * ''Hermannia cristata'' {{small|Bolus}} * ''Hermannia cuneifolia'' Jacq. * ''Hermannia damarana'' Baker f. * ''Hermannia decipiens'' {{small|E.Mey. ex Harv.}} * ''Hermannia decumbens'' Willd. ex Spreng. * ''Hermannia denudata'' {{small|L.f.}} * ''Hermannia depressa'' N.E.Br. * ''Hermannia desertorum'' {{small|Eckl. & Zeyh.}} * ''Hermannia dichroma'' {{small|T.M.Salter}} * ''Hermannia diffusa'' L.f. * ''Hermannia disermifolia'' {{small|Jacq.}} * ''Hermannia disticha'' {{small|Schrad.}} * ''Hermannia diversistipula'' {{small|C.Presl}} * ''Hermannia eenii'' Baker * ''Hermannia elliottiana'' K. Schum. * ''Hermannia engleri'' Schinz * ''Hermannia erlangeriana'' {{small|K.Schum.}} * ''Hermannia ernesti-ruschii'' {{small|Dinter ex Friedr.-Holzh.}} * ''Hermannia erodioides'' Kuntze * ''Hermannia exappendiculata'' (Mast.) K. Schum. * ''Hermannia filifolia'' {{small|L.f.}} * ''Hermannia fischeri'' {{small|K.Schum.}} * ''Hermannia flammea'' Jacq. * ''Hermannia flammula'' {{small|Harv.}} * ''Hermannia floribunda'' {{small|Harv.}} * ''Hermannia fruticulosa'' {{small|K.Schum. ex Schinz}} * ''Hermannia gariepina'' Eckl. & Zeyh. * ''Hermannia geniculata'' Eckl. & Zeyh. * ''Hermannia gerrardii'' Harv. * ''Hermannia glabrata'' L.f. * ''Hermannia glanduligera'' K.Schum. ex Schinz * ''Hermannia glandulossisima'' {{small|Engl.}} * ''Hermannia gracilis'' {{small|Eckl. & Zeyh.}} * ''Hermannia grandiflora'' {{small|W.T.Aiton}} * ''Hermannia grandifolia'' {{small|N.E.Br.}} * ''Hermannia grandistipula'' (Buching. ex Harv.) K. Schum. * ''Hermannia grisea'' {{small|Schinz}} * ''Hermannia grossularifolia'' L. * ''Hermannia guerkeana'' {{small|K.Schum.}} * ''Hermannia helianthemum'' {{small|K.Schum.}} * ''Hermannia helicoidea'' {{small|I.Verd.}} * ''Hermannia heterophylla'' Thunb. * ''Hermannia hispidula'' {{small|Rchb.}} * ''Hermannia holosericea'' {{small|Jacq.}} * ''Hermannia hyssopifolia'' {{small|L.}} * ''Hermannia incana'' {{small|Cav.}} * ''Hermannia inflata'' {{small|Link & Otto}} * ''Hermannia involucrata'' Cav. * ''Hermannia jacobeifolia'' {{small|(Turcz.) R.A.Dyer}} * ''Hermannia johanssenii'' {{small|N.E.Br.}} * ''Hermannia johnstonii'' Exell & Mendonça * ''Hermannia joubertiana'' {{small|Harv.}} * ''Hermannia juttae'' Dinter & Engl. * ''Hermannia kirkii'' {{small|Mast.}} * ''Hermannia lacera'' (E.Mey. ex Harv.) Fourc. * ''Hermannia lancifolia'' Szyszyl. * ''Hermannia lavandulifolia'' {{small|L.}} * ''Hermannia leucantha'' {{small|Schltr.}} * ''Hermannia linearifolia'' {{small|Harv.}} * ''Hermannia linifolia'' Burm.f. * ''Hermannia linnaeoides'' (Burch. ex DC.) K.Schum. * ''Hermannia litoralis'' {{small|I.Verd.}} * ''Hermannia longiramosa'' {{small|Engl.}} * ''Hermannia macra'' {{small|Schltr.}} * ''Hermannia macrobotrys'' {{small|K.Schum.}} * ''Hermannia malvifolia'' {{small|N.E.Br.}} * ''Hermannia merxmuelleri'' {{small|Friedr.-Holzh.}} * ''Hermannia micrantha'' {{small|Adamson}} * ''Hermannia micropetala'' {{small|Harv.}} * ''Hermannia minimifolia'' {{small|Friedr.-Holzh.}} * ''Hermannia minutiflora'' {{small|Engl.}} * ''Hermannia modesta'' (Ehrenb.) Mast. * ''Hermannia montana'' N.E. Br. * ''Hermannia mucronulata'' {{small|Turcz.}} * ''Hermannia muirii'' {{small|Pillans}} * ''Hermannia multiflora'' {{small|Jacq.}} * ''Hermannia muricata'' Eckl. & Zeyh. * ''Hermannia oblongifolia'' Hochr. * ''Hermannia odorata'' {{small|Aiton}} * ''Hermannia oligosperma'' {{small|K.Schum.}} * ''Hermannia oliveri'' {{small|K.Schum.}} * ''Hermannia palmeri'' Rose * ''Hermannia paniculata'' {{small|Franch.}} * ''Hermannia parviflora'' Eckl. & Zeyh. * ''Hermannia parvula'' {{small|Burtt Davy}} * ''Hermannia pauciflora'' S. Watson * ''Hermannia paucifolia'' Turcz. * ''Hermannia pearsonii'' Exell & Mendonça * ''Hermannia pfeilii'' K. Schum. * ''Hermannia pillansii'' {{small|Compton}} * ''Hermannia pinnata'' L. * ''Hermannia prismatocarpa'' {{small|E.Mey. ex Harv.}} * ''Hermannia procumbens'' {{small|Cav.}} * ''Hermannia pseudathiensis'' {{small|Cheek}} * ''Hermannia pseudofischeri'' {{small|Cheek}} * ''Hermannia pulchella'' L.f. * ''Hermannia pulverata'' Andrews * ''Hermannia quartiniana'' A.Rich. * ''Hermannia repetenda'' Verd. * ''Hermannia rigida'' Harv. * ''Hermannia rudis'' {{small|N.E.Br.}} * ''Hermannia rugosa'' {{small|Adamson}} * ''Hermannia saccifera'' {{small|(Turcz.) K.Schum.}} * ''Hermannia salviifolia'' {{small|L.f.}} * ''Hermannia sandersonii'' {{small|Harv.}} * ''Hermannia scabra'' Cav. * ''Hermannia scabricaulis'' {{small|T.M.Salter}} * ''Hermannia schlechteriana'' {{small|Schinz ex K.Schum.}} * ''Hermannia scordifolia'' Jacq. * ''Hermannia seineri'' {{small|Engl.}} * ''Hermannia setosa'' Schinz * ''Hermannia sisymbriifolia'' Hochr. * ''Hermannia solaniflora'' {{small|K.Schum.}} * ''Hermannia spinosa'' E. Meyer ex Harvey * ''Hermannia staurostemon'' {{small|K.Schum.}} * ''Hermannia stellulata'' K. Schum. * ''Hermannia stipitata'' Pillans * ''Hermannia stipulacea'' {{small|Lehm. ex Eckl. & Zeyh.}} * ''Hermannia stricta'' {{small|(E.Mey. ex Turcz.) Harv.}} * ''Hermannia suavis'' {{small|C.Presl}} * ''Hermannia sulcata'' {{small|Harv.}} * ''Hermannia ternifolia'' {{small|C.Presl ex Harv.}} * ''Hermannia testacea'' {{small|Vollesen}} * ''Hermannia texana'' A. Gray * ''Hermannia tigrensis'' Hochst. ex A.Rich. * ''Hermannia torrei'' {{small|Wild}} * ''Hermannia transvaalensis'' {{small|Schinz}} * ''Hermannia trifoliata'' {{small|L.}} * ''Hermannia trifurca'' {{small|L.}} * ''Hermannia uhligii'' {{small|Engl.}} * ''Hermannia umbratica'' {{small|I.Verd.}} * ''Hermannia velutina'' {{small|DC.}} * ''Hermannia veronicifolia'' (Eckl. & Zeyh.) K.Schum. * ''Hermannia vestita'' Thunb. * ''Hermannia violacea'' K. Schum. * ''Hermannia viscosa'' Hiern * ''Hermannia volkensii'' {{small|K.Schum.}} * ''Hermannia vollesenii'' {{small|Cheek}} * ''Hermannia waltherioides'' {{small|K.Schum.}} * ''Hermannia woodii'' {{small|Schinz}} {{div col end}}

==External links== * [http://www.plantzafrica.com/planthij/hermannia.htm PlantZAfrica.com]

==Notes== {{Commons category}} {{Notelist}}

===References=== {{Reflist | refs = <ref name="Burkhardt2018">{{Cite book |last=Burkhardt |first=Lotte |title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée |date=2018-06-06 |publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin |isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 |language=de |doi=10.3372/epolist2018 }}</ref> <ref name=powo>{{Cite web|title=''Hermannia'' L. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science|url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:38725-1|website=Plants of the World Online|access-date=3 November 2025}}</ref> }}

Category:Byttnerioideae Category:Malvaceae genera Category:Plants described in 1753 Category:Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Category:Long stubs with short prose