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Pterospermum
Sign in to savePterospermum is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family Malvaceae. Its species are tropical trees that range from southern China across tropical Asia.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalvales
- FamilyMalvaceae
Common Name: parileamo
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 536
- With media
- 403
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Collections
- MICH, UCMP, NY, BRIT, MEL, ASU
- Recorded in
- Philippines, United States, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia/Sarawak, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Dombeyoideae
- Image
- Pterospermum acerifolium (1803).jpg
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- Pterospermum
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- Pterospermum
- taxon common name
- 翅子树属
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Pterospermum is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family Malvaceae. Its species are tropical trees that range from southern China across tropical Asia.
Traditionally included in the family Sterculiaceae, it is included in the expanded Malvaceae in the APG and most subsequent systematics. Pterospermum is based on two Greek words, "Pteron" and "Sperma," meaning "winged seed."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pterospermum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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