Family of shrubs and trees
Thespesia genus of 14 flowering shrubs and trees in the Hibiscus Malvaceae , although within the family they are more closely related to cotton plants (Gossypium South Pacific through Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean .
Selected species
14 species are currently accepted.[ 2]
Thespesia acutiloba (Baker f.) Exell & Mendonça – Mozambique and KwaZulu Natal Thespesia beatensis (Urb.) Fryxell – Beata Island , Dominican Republic [ 3] Thespesia cubensis (Britton & P.Wilson) J.B.Hutch. – Cuba [ 4] Thespesia danis Oliv. – eastern and southern Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, and eastern Tanzania[ 5] Thespesia fissicalyx Borss.Waalk. – eastern and northeastern New GuineaThespesia garckeana F.Hoffm. – Nigeria to Sudan and northern South AfricaThespesia grandiflora DC. Puerto Rico Thespesia gummiflua Capuron – northern MadagascarThespesia mossambicensis (Exell & Hillc.) Fryxell – northeastern MozambiqueThespesia multibracteata Borss.Waalk. – New GuineaThespesia patellifera Borss.Waalk. – eastern New GuineaThespesia populnea (L.) Sol. ex Corrêa - Portia tree – Pantropical Thespesia populneoides (Roxb.) Kostel. – eastern coastal Africa, Madagascar, Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Philippines, Java, New Guinea, and northern AustraliaThespesia robusta Borss.Waalk. – southeastern Papua New Guinea
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