Spirotheca

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: Spirotheca
Species: S. awadendron – S. codazziana – S. elegans – S. mahechae – S. michaeli – S. rhodostyla – S. rivieri – S. rosea
Name

Spirotheca Ulbr., Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 6: 159. (1914)

Type species: Spirotheca rosea (Seem.) P.E.Gibbs & W.S.Alverson, Brittonia 58(3): 253 (2006) originally Spirotheca salmonea Ulbr. (1914)

References

Ulbrich, O.E. 1914. Notizblatt des Königlichen Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin (-Dahlem) 6: 159.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Spirotheca in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 17. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2020. Spirotheca. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Spirotheca. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 17 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Spirotheca. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Dec. 2020.

Spirotheca is a genus of trees in the family Malvaceae, native to Central and South America.[1]
Species

Currently recognized species in Spirotheca are:[1][2]

Spirotheca awadendron
Spirotheca elegans
Spirotheca mahechae
Spirotheca michaeli
Spirotheca rivieri
Spirotheca rosea

References

Gibbs, Peter E.; Alverson, William S. (2006). "How many species of Spirotheca (Malvaceae s.l., Bombacoideae)?". Brittonia. 58 (3): 245–258.