Thespesia
| Thespesia | |
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| Thespesia populnea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Malvoideae |
| Tribe: | Gossypieae |
| Genus: | Thespesia Sol. ex Corrêa[1] |
| Species | |
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18 species, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Thespesia is a genus of 13 flowering shrubs and trees in the Hibiscus family, Malvaceae, although within the family they are more closely related to cotton plants (Gossypium). The genus is distributed from the South Pacific through Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean.
Selected species
- Thespesia beatensis (Urb.) Fryxell (Beata Island, Dominican Republic)[2]
- Thespesia acutiloba (Baker f.) Exell & Mendonça
- Thespesia cubensis (Britton & P.Wilson) J.B.Hutch. (Cuba)[3]
- Thespesia danis Oliv. (eastern Africa)[4]
- Thespesia fissicalyx Borss.Waalk.
- Thespesia garckeana F.Hoffm. (Southern Africa)
- Thespesia grandiflora DC. - Maga (Puerto Rico)
- Thespesia gummiflua Capuron
- Thespesia mossambicensis Exell & Hillcoat (Mozambique)
- Thespesia multibracteata Borss.Waalk.
- Thespesia patellifera Borss.Waalk.
- Thespesia populnea (L.) Sol. ex Corrêa - Portia tree (Pantropical)
- Thespesia populneoides (Roxb.) Kostel.
References
- ^ a b "genus Thespesia". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) online database. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ^ "Thespesia beatensis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
- ^ "Thespesia cubensis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
- ^ "Thespesia danis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
External links
Media related to Thespesia at Wikimedia Commons- Thespesia populnea at Australian native hibiscus and hibiscus like species.
Data related to Thespesia at Wikispecies
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