Pterygota (plant)
Pterygota is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae.
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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:
- Pterygota alata (Buddha coconut)
- Pterygota bequaertii
- Pterygota macrocarpa
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