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.

• Tinnea aethiopica – widespread from Mali to Somalia south to Mozambique; naturalized in Trinidad & Tobago
• Tinnea antiscorbutica – Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Zambia, Angola
• Tinnea apiculata – eastern Africa from Rwanda to Mozambique
• Tinnea barbata – Eswatini, northern South Africa
• Tinnea barteri – western Africa
• Tinnea benguellensis – Angola
• Tinnea coerulea – DRC, Zambia, Angola
• Tinnea eriocalyx – DRC, Angola, Botswana, Namibia
• Tinnea galpinii – Eswatini, Mozambique, South Africa
• Tinnea gombea – Nigeria
• Tinnea gossweileri – Angola
• Tinnea gracilis – Tanzania to Zambia
• Tinnea mirabilis – Tanzania
• Tinnea physalis – Tanzania
• Tinnea platyphylla – DRC
• Tinnea rhodesiana – South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola, Mozambique
• Tinnea somalensis – Ethiopia
• Tinnea vesiculosa – Tanzania, Malawi
• Tinnea vestita – Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola, Botswana
• Tinnea zambesiaca – Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique

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