Thespesia

Thespesia populnea

Taxonavigation

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: Malvoideae
Tribus: Gossypieae
Genus: Thespesia
Species: T. acutiloba – T. beatensis – T. cubensis – T. danis – T. fissicalyx – T. garckeana – T. grandiflora – T. gummiflua – T. mossambicensis – T. multibracteata – T. populnea – T. populneoides – T. robusta – T. trilobata

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Thespesia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 30. Reference page.

Name

• Thespesia Sol. ex Corrêa, Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 9: 290. 1807, nom. cons.
  • Type species: Thespesia populnea (L.) Sol. ex Corrêa

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Armouria Lewton in J. Washington Acad. Sci. 23: 64 (1933)
  • Atkinsia R.A.Howard in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 76: 97 (1949)
  • Bupariti Duhamel in Semia Plantat. Arbr., Add.: 5 (1760)
  • Maga Urb. in Symb. Antill. 7: 281 (1912)
  • Montezuma DC. in Prodr. 1: 477 (1824)
  • Parita Scop. in Intr. Hist. Nat.: 282 (1777)
  • Pariti Adans. in Fam. Pl. 2: 401 (1763), nom. superfl.
  • Paritium A.Juss. in A.F.C.P.de Saint-Hilaire & al., Fl. Bras. Merid. 1: 255 (1828), orth. var.
  • Shantzia Lewton in J. Washington Acad. Sci. 18: 15 (1928)
  • Thespesiopsis Exell & Hillc. in Contr. Conhecimento Fl. Mocambique 2: 55 (1954)
  • Ulbrichia Urb. in Dansk Bot. Ark. 4(7): 7 (1924)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropics & Subtropics Aldabra, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Burundi, Cambodia, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Chad, China Southeast, Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gilbert Is., Hainan, Hawaii, India, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Line Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Niue, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., Somalia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wake I., Wallis-Futuna Is., Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Brazil Northeast, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Is., Colombia, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Easter Is., Florida, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Liberia, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Senegal, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Togo, Tokelau-Manihiki, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Tuvalu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Corrêa da Serra, J.F. (1807) Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 9: 290.

Additional references

• Areces-Berazain, F. & Ackerman, J.D. 2020. A revision of Thespesia and allied genera in Tribe Gossypieae (Malvaceae-Malvoideae). Brittonia 72: 62–110. DOI: 10.1007/s12228-019-09598-5 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Thespesia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Thespesia. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 29 2020.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Tropeneibische
فارسی: لاله هندی (سرده)
മലയാളം: തെസ്പേസ്യ
svenska: Tespesiasläktet
తెలుగు: థెస్పీసియా
Tiếng Việt: Chi Tra bồ đề
中文: 肖槿属

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