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 (1807), nom. cons. [1] |
Species | |
14 species, see text | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Thespesia is a genus of 14 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.
14 species are currently accepted. [2]
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 (1807), nom. cons. [1] |
Species | |
14 species, see text | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Thespesia is a genus of 14 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.
14 species are currently accepted. [2]