Biology:Spirotheca

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Short description: Genus of trees

Spirotheca
(Spirotheca rivieri ).jpg
Spirotheca rivieri
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Bombacoideae
Genus: Spirotheca
Ulbr.
Species

6 species, see text

Spirotheca is a genus of trees in the family Malvaceae, native to Central and South America.[1]

Species

Currently recognized species in Spirotheca are:[1][2]

  • Spirotheca awadendron
  • Spirotheca elegans
  • Spirotheca mahechae
  • Spirotheca michaeli
  • Spirotheca rivieri
  • Spirotheca rosea

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gibbs, Peter E.; Alverson, William S. (2006). "How many species of Spirotheca (Malvaceae s.l., Bombacoideae)?". Brittonia 58 (3): 245–258. doi:10.1663/0007-196X(2006)58[245:HMSOSM2.0.CO;2]. ISSN 0007-196X. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1663/0007-196X(2006)58%5B245:HMSOSM%5D2.0.CO;2. 
  2. Carvalho-Sobrinho, Jefferson Guedes de; Machado, Marlon Câmara; Queiroz, Luciano Paganucci de (2012). "Spirotheca elegans (Malvaceae: Bombacoideae), a New Species from Bahia, Brazil". Systematic Botany 37 (4): 978–982. doi:10.1600/036364412X656554. ISSN 0363-6445. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1600/036364412X656554. 

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