Sterculia monospermaVent.

WFO wfo-0001281825 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sterculia monosperma, photographed by 葉子
fig. a 葉子, CC0 1.0 / 2021-04-06 / obs. 122741752
Sterculia monosperma, photographed by 葉子
fig. b 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 122738838
Sterculia monosperma, photographed by 葉子
fig. c 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 113280355
Sterculia monosperma, photographed by 葉子
fig. d 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 109078366
Sterculia monosperma, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. e Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 91074358
Sterculia monosperma, photographed by Attila Oláh
fig. f Attila Oláh, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 45818897
Sterculia monosperma, photographed by 葉子
fig. g 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 33886758
Sterculia monosperma, photographed by Chen Jia Hong
fig. h Chen Jia Hong, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 191476200

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Native range 7 botanical countries

Regions where Sterculia monosperma is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Taiwan, Laos, Malaya, Thailand, Vietnam China South-CentralChina SoutheastTaiwanLaosMalayaThailandVietnam
Native distribution of Sterculia monosperma, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Laos LAO ASIA-TROPICAL
Malaya MLY
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Taiwan TAI

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 4 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Clompanus monosperma (Vent.) Kuntze
  • Southwellia nobilis Salisb.
  • Sterculia nobilis (Salisb.) Sm.
  • Sterculia nobilis var. subspontanea H.H.Hsue & S.J.Xu

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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