Thespesia

Thespesia
Thespesia populnea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]
  • Armouria Lewton (1933)
  • Atkinsia R.A.Howard (1949)
  • Bupariti Duhamel (1760)
  • Maga Urb. (1912)
  • Montezuma DC. (1824)
  • Parita Scop. (1777)
  • Pariti Adans. (1763), nom. superfl.
  • Paritium A.Juss. (1828), orth. var.
  • Shantzia Lewton (1928)
  • Thespesiopsis Exell & Hillc. (1954)
  • Ulbrichia Urb. (1924)

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.

  1. ^ "genus Thespesia". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) online database. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  2. ^ Thespesia Sol. ex Corrêa. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 June 2023.