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Description

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Shrubs or small trees. Leaves and branches lepidote. Inflorescences of terminal racemes or panicles or flowers solitary and axillary. Epicalyx of 3-5 bracts. Calyx cup-shaped, truncate. Ovary 5-locular; style not branched. Fruit indehiscent, woody or fleshy, (4-)5-lobed or not lobed.

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bibliographic citation: Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Thespesia Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/cult/genus.php?genus_id=2195
author: Mark Hyde
author: Bart Wursten
author: Petra Ballings

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Thespesia

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Thespesia is a genus of 13 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.

Selected species

Thespesia beatensis (Urb.) Fryxell (Beata Island, Dominican Republic)^[2]
Thespesia acutiloba (Baker f.) Exell & Mendonça
Thespesia cubensis (Britton & P.Wilson) J.B.Hutch. (Cuba)^[3]
Thespesia danis Oliv. (eastern Africa)^[4]
Thespesia fissicalyx Borss.Waalk.
Thespesia garckeana F.Hoffm. (Southern Africa)
Thespesia grandiflora DC. - Maga (Puerto Rico)
Thespesia gummiflua Capuron
Thespesia mossambicensis Exell & Hillcoat (Mozambique)
Thespesia multibracteata Borss.Waalk.
Thespesia patellifera Borss.Waalk.
Thespesia populnea (L.) Sol. ex Corrêa - Portia tree (Pantropical)
Thespesia populneoides (Roxb.) Kostel.

References

^ ^a ^b "genus Thespesia". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) online database. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
^ "Thespesia beatensis". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2009-04-04.
^ "Thespesia cubensis". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2009-04-04.
^ "Thespesia danis". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2009-04-04.

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Thespesia: Brief Summary

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Thespesia is a genus of 13 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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