Thespesia

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.

Thespesia
Thespesia populnea
Scientific classification
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

18 species, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Armouria Lewton
  • Atkinsia R.A.Howard
  • Azanza Alef.
  • Maga Urb.
  • Montezuma DC.
  • Shantzia Lewton
  • Thespesiopsis Exell & Hillc.
  • Ulbrichia Urb.

Selected species

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