| 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 | |
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14 species, see text | |
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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.
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Selected species
14 species are currently accepted.[2]
- Thespesia acutiloba (Baker f.) Exell & Mendonça – Mozambique and KwaZulu Natal
- Thespesia beatensis (Urb.) Fryxell – Beata Island, Dominican Republic[3]
- Thespesia cubensis (Britton & P.Wilson) J.B.Hutch. – Cuba[4]
- Thespesia danis Oliv. – eastern and southern Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, and eastern Tanzania[5]
- Thespesia fissicalyx Borss.Waalk. – eastern and northeastern New Guinea
- Thespesia garckeana F.Hoffm. – Nigeria to Sudan and northern South Africa
- Thespesia grandiflora DC. - Maga – Puerto Rico
- Thespesia gummiflua Capuron – northern Madagascar
- Thespesia mossambicensis (Exell & Hillc.) Fryxell – northeastern Mozambique
- Thespesia multibracteata Borss.Waalk. – New Guinea
- Thespesia patellifera Borss.Waalk. – eastern New Guinea
- Thespesia populnea (L.) Sol. ex Corrêa - Portia tree – Pantropical
- Thespesia populneoides (Roxb.) Kostel. – eastern coastal Africa, Madagascar, Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Philippines, Java, New Guinea, and northern Australia
- Thespesia robusta Borss.Waalk. – southeastern Papua New Guinea
References
- ^ "genus Thespesia". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) online database. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ^ a b Thespesia Sol. ex Corrêa. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
- ^ "Thespesia beatensis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
- ^ "Thespesia cubensis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
- ^ "Thespesia danis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
External links
Media related to Thespesia at Wikimedia Commons- Thespesia populnea at Australian native hibiscus and hibiscus like species.
Data related to Thespesia at Wikispecies
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