Helicteres jamaicensis

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Malvales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Helicteroideae
Tribus: Helictereae
Genus: Helicteres
Species: Helicteres jamaicensis

Name

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Helicteres jamaicensis Jacq.

References

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  • Enumeratio Systematica Plantarum, quas in Insulis Caribaeis vicinaque Americes ... 30. 1760 (Select. stirp. amer. hist. 235, t. 179, fig. 99. 1763)
  • USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Helicteres jamaicensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 28-Oct-07.

Also called corkscrew in Jamaica.