Pterygota (plant)
Genus of flowering plants
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Pterygota is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae.
| Pterygota | |
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| Pterygota alata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Sterculioideae |
| Genus: | Pterygota Schott & Endl. |
| Species[1] | |
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21; see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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In older systems of classification, it was placed in Sterculiaceae, but all members of that family are now in an expanded Malvaceae.
Pterygota has a pantropical distribution.[1]
Species
21 species are accepted.[1]
- Pterygota adolfi-friederici Engl. & K.Krause[2]
- Pterygota alata (Roxb.) R.Br. – Buddha coconut[3]
- Pterygota amazonica L.O.Williams ex Dorr[4]
- Pterygota augouardii Pellegr.[5]
- Pterygota bequaertii De Wild.[6]
- Pterygota brasiliensis Allemão[7]
- Pterygota bureavii Pierre[8]
- Pterygota colombiana Cuatrec.[9]
- Pterygota excelsa (Standl. & L.O.Williams) Kosterm.[10]
- Pterygota forbesii F.Muell.
- Pterygota horsfieldii (R.Br.) Kosterm.[11]
- Pterygota kamerunensis K.Schum. & Engl.[12]
- Pterygota macrocarpa K.Schum.[13]
- Pterygota madagascariensis Arènes[14]
- Pterygota mildbraedii Engl.[15]
- Pterygota papuana Warb.
- Pterygota perrieri Hochr.[16]
- Pterygota schoorkopfii Engl.
- Pterygota schweinfurthii Engl.
- Pterygota thwaitesii (Mast.) Alston[17]
- Pterygota trinervia K.Schum.[18]
See also
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