Pterygota (plant)

Pterygota is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae.

Pterygota
Pterygota alata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Sterculioideae
Genus: Pterygota
Schott & Endl.

In older systems of classification, it was placed in Sterculiaceae, but all members of that family are now in an expanded Malvaceae.

Pterygota has a pantropical distribution.

Species

Species of the genus Pterygota include:

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