Eriotheca

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Bombacoideae
Tribus: Bombaceae
Genus: Eriotheca
Species: E. bahiensis – E. bracteolata – E. candolleana – E. crassa – E. crenulaticalyx – E. discolor – E. dolichopoda – E. estevesiae – E. globosa – E. gracilipes – E. hassleri – E. longipedicellata – E. longipes – E. longitubulosa – E. loretensis – E. macrophylla – E. obcordata – E. parvifolia – E. pentaphylla – E. peruviana – E. platyandra – E. pubescens – E. roseorum – E. ruizii – E. saxicola – E. sclerophylla – E. squamigera – E. surinamensis – E. vargasii
Name

Eriotheca Schott & Endl. Melet. Bot. 35 (1832)

Type species: Eriotheca pubescens Schott & Endl., Melet. Bot. 35. (1832)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Millea Standl.
Tartagalia Capurro

References

Schott, H.W. & Endlicher, S.L. 1832. Meletemata Botanica 35.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Eriotheca in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 16. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Eriotheca. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 16 2020.
Carvalho-Sobrinho, J.G., Mota, A.C. & Queiroz, L.P. 2015. Eriotheca estevesiae (Malvaceae: Bombacoideae): A new species from the cerrado vegetation of Brazil. Brittonia 67: 29–36. DOI: 10.1007/s12228-014-9350-4
Tropicos.org 2020. Eriotheca. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Dec. 2020.

Eriotheca is a genus of flowering plant in the mallow family (Malvaceae) and found in tropical South America.

Species include:

Eriotheca candolleana
Eriotheca gracilipes
Eriotheca pubescens
Eriotheca peruviana

Eriotheca gracilipes and young trees