Thespesia is a genus of 14 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.
Species
14 species are currently accepted.
- Thespesia acutiloba <small>(Baker f.) Exell & Mendonça</small> â Mozambique and KwaZulu Natal
- Thespesia beatensis <small>(Urb.) Fryxell</small> â Beata Island, Dominican Republic
- Thespesia cubensis <small>(Britton & P.Wilson) J.B.Hutch.</small> â Cuba
- Thespesia danis <small>Oliv.</small> âÂÂàeastern and southern Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, and eastern Tanzania
- Thespesia fissicalyx <small>Borss.Waalk.</small> âÂÂàeastern and northeastern New Guinea
- Thespesia garckeana <small>F.Hoffm.</small> âÂÂàNigeria to Sudan and northern South Africa
- Thespesia grandiflora <small>DC.</small> - Maga âÂÂàPuerto Rico
- Thespesia gummiflua <small>Capuron</small> â northern Madagascar
- Thespesia mossambicensis <small>(Exell & Hillc.) Fryxell</small> âÂÂànortheastern Mozambique
- Thespesia multibracteata <small>Borss.Waalk.</small> â New Guinea
- Thespesia patellifera <small>Borss.Waalk.</small> â eastern New Guinea
- Thespesia populnea <small>(L.) Sol. ex Corrêa</small> - Portia tree âÂÂàPantropical
- Thespesia populneoides <small>(Roxb.) Kostel.</small> âÂÂàeastern coastal Africa, Madagascar, Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Philippines, Java, New Guinea, and northern Australia
- Thespesia robusta â southeastern Papua New Guinea
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