Phragmotheca

Phragmotheca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Bombacoideae
Genus:
Cuatrec.

Phragmotheca is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae.[1][2] It includes 11 species native to Panama and western South America (Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru).[3]

Species

11 species are accepted.[3]

  • Phragmotheca amazonica (W.S.Alverson) Fern.Alonso
  • Phragmotheca ecuadorensis W.S.Alverson
  • Phragmotheca fuchsii Cuatrec.
  • Phragmotheca hydra Fern.Alonso
  • Phragmotheca lemniscata Fern.Alonso
  • Phragmotheca leucoflora D.R.Simpson
  • Phragmotheca mambitana Fern.Alonso & R.Jaram.
  • Phragmotheca mammosa W.S.Alverson
  • Phragmotheca rubriflora Fern.Alonso
  • Phragmotheca sidereotricha Fern.Alonso
  • Phragmotheca siderosa Cuatrec.

References

  1. ^ Alverson, William S. (April 1991). "A Synopsis of Phragmotheca (Bombacaceae), with Two New Species and a New Subspecies". Brittonia. 43 (2): 73–87. Bibcode:1991Britt..43...73A. doi:10.2307/2807297. JSTOR 2807297. S2CID 1466869.
  2. ^ Grandtner, M. M.; Chevrette, Julien (2013-09-21). Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press. p. 493. ISBN 978-0-12-396954-5.
  3. ^ a b "Phragmotheca Cuatrec". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 June 2025.