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Spirotheca

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

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Spirotheca
Spirotheca rivieri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Bombacoideae
Genus: Spirotheca
Ulbr.
Species1

8, see text

Spirotheca is a genus of trees in the family Malvaceae, native to Central and South America.2

Species

Eight species are accepted.13

  • Spirotheca awadendron Fern.Alonso
  • Spirotheca codazziana Romero
  • Spirotheca elegans Carv.-Sobr., M.Machado & L.P.Queiroz
  • Spirotheca mahechae Fern.Alonso
  • Spirotheca mahechae Fern.Alonso
  • Spirotheca michaeli Cuatrec.
  • Spirotheca rhodostyla Cuatrec.
  • Spirotheca rivieri (Decne.) Ulbr.
  • Spirotheca rosea (Seem.) P.E.Gibbs & W.S.Alverson
References

References

  1. "Spirotheca Ulbr". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  2. 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:HMSOSM]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0007-196X.
  3. 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.