Helicteropsis
Genus of plants
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Helicteropsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae.[2] It includes a single species, Helicteropsis microsiphon, which is native to Madagascar.[1]
| Helicteropsis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Malvoideae |
| Tribe: | Hibisceae |
| Genus: | Helicteropsis Hochr. |
| Species: | H. microsiphon |
| Binomial name | |
| Helicteropsis microsiphon (Baill.) Hochr. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The species was first described as Hibiscus microsiphon by Henri Ernest Baillon in 1885. In 1925 Bénédict Pierre Georges Hochreutiner described the genus Helicteropsis with a single species, Helicteropsis perrieri. In 1955 Hochreutiner synonimized the two species as Helicteropsis microsiphon.[1]
