Tinnea

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Tinnea barteri MS4154.JPG

|image_caption = Tinnea barteri

|taxon = Tinnea

|authority = Kotschy ex Hook.f.

|type_species = Tinnea aethiopica

|type_species_authority = Kotschy & Peyr.

|synonyms_ref =

|synonyms =

• Tinnethamnus Pritz

}}

Tinnea (sunbells) is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae first described in 1867. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=206071 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R.M., Harvey, Y.B., Iwarsson, M., Otieno, D., Balkwill, K., Phillipson, P.B., Harley, R.M. & Willis, F. (2013). Flora Zambesiaca 8(8): 1-346. Royal Botanic Gardens, KewCurtis, B. & Mannheimer, C. (2005). Tree Atlas of Namibia: 1-688. The National Botanical Research Institute, Windhoek.Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.Mannheimer, C.A. & Curtis, B.A. (eds.) (2009). Le Roux and Müller's field guide to the trees and shrubs of Namibia, rev. ed.: 1-525. Macmillan Education Namibia, Windhoek. .Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R., Harvey, Y., Iwarsson, M., Willis, F., Phillipson, P., Balkwill, K., Lukhoba, C., Otiend, D & Harley (2009). Lamiaceae (Labiatae). Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-430.Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226 It was named in honour of the Dutch explorer Alexine Tinne.{{Cite book|last=Burkhardt|first=Lotte|url=https://www.bgbm.org/de/node/3642|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|pages=T23|doi=10.3372/epolist2018|s2cid=187926901 }}

;Species

1. Tinnea aethiopica {{au|Kotschy ex Hook.f.}} - widespread from Mali to Somalia south to Mozambique; naturalized in Trinidad & Tobago
2. Tinnea antiscorbutica {{au|Welw.}} - DRC, Zambia, Angola
3. Tinnea apiculata {{au|Robyns & Lebrun}} - eastern Africa from Rwanda to Mozambique
4. Tinnea barbata {{au|Vollesen}} - Eswatini, northern South Africa
5. Tinnea barteri {{au|Gürke}} - western Africa
6. Tinnea benguellensis {{au|Gürke}} - Angola
7. Tinnea coerulea {{au|Gürke}} - DRC, Zambia, Angola
8. Tinnea eriocalyx {{au|Welw.}} - DRC, Angola, Botswana, Namibia
9. Tinnea galpinii {{au|Briq.}} - Eswatini, Mozambique, South Africa
10. Tinnea gossweileri {{au|Robyns & Lebrun}} - Angola
11. Tinnea gracilis {{au|Gürke}} - Tanzania to Zambia
12. Tinnea mirabilis {{au|(Bullock) Vollesen}} - Tanzania
13. Tinnea physalis {{au|E.A.Bruce}} - Tanzania
14. Tinnea platyphylla {{au|Briq.}} - DRC
15. Tinnea rhodesiana {{au|S.Moore}} - South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola, Mozambique
16. Tinnea somalensis {{au|Gürke ex Chiov.}} - Ethiopia
17. Tinnea vesiculosa {{au|Gürke}} - Tanzania, Malawi
18. Tinnea vestita {{au|Baker}} - Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola, Botswana
19. Tinnea zambesiaca {{au|Baker}} - Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique