Thespesia

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: Malvoideae
Tribus: Gossypieae
Genus: Thespesia
Species: T. acutiloba – T. beatensis – T. cubensis – T. danis – T. fissicalyx – T. garckeana – T. grandiflora – T. gummiflua – T. mossambicensis – T. multibracteata – T. patellifera – T. populnea – T. populneoides – T. robusta – T. trilobata
Name

Thespesia Sol. ex Corrêa, Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 9: 290. 1807, nom. cons.
Type species: Thespesia populnea (L.) Sol. ex Corrêa

Synonyms

Homotypic
Bupariti Duhamel, Sem. Plantations Arbres add. 5. 1760, nom. rej.
Pariti Adans., Fam. 2: 401. 1763, nom. rej.
Paritium A.Juss. in A.St.-Hil., Fl. Bras. Merid. 1: 255. 1827, orth. var.

References

Corrêa da Serra, J.F. (1807) Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 9: 290.
Areces-Berazain, F. & Ackerman, J.D. 2020. A revision of Thespesia and allied genera in Tribe Gossypieae (Malvaceae-Malvoideae). Brittonia 72: 62–110. DOI: 10.1007/s12228-019-09598-5 Paywall ResearchGate Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Thespesia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Thespesia. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 29 2020.

Thespesia is a genus of 13 flowering shrubs and trees in the Hibiscus family, Malvaceae, although within the family they are more closely related to cotton plants (Gossypium). The genus is distributed from the South Pacific through Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean.
Selected species

Thespesia beatensis (Urb.) Fryxell (Beata Island, Dominican Republic)[2]
Thespesia acutiloba (Baker f.) Exell & Mendonça
Thespesia cubensis (Britton & P.Wilson) J.B.Hutch. (Cuba)[3]
Thespesia danis Oliv. (eastern Africa)[4]
Thespesia fissicalyx Borss.Waalk.
Thespesia garckeana F.Hoffm. (Southern Africa)
Thespesia grandiflora DC. - Maga (Puerto Rico)
Thespesia gummiflua Capuron
Thespesia mossambicensis Exell & Hillcoat (Mozambique)
Thespesia multibracteata Borss.Waalk.
Thespesia patellifera Borss.Waalk.
Thespesia populnea (L.) Sol. ex Corrêa - Portia tree (Pantropical)
Thespesia populneoides (Roxb.) Kostel.

References

"genus Thespesia". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) online database. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
"Thespesia beatensis". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2009-04-04.
"Thespesia cubensis". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2009-04-04.
"Thespesia danis". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2009-04-04.