Guazuma

{{Short description|Genus of plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Guazuma ulmifolia 2.jpg |image_caption = ''Guazuma ulmifolia'' flower |taxon = Guazuma |authority = Mill. |type_species = ''Guazuma ulmifolia'' Lam.<ref name = "Tropicos">Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-i). ''Guazuma'' Mill. Tropicos. Retrieved January 25, 2025, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/40018006</ref> |synonyms = *''Bubroma'' Schreb. *''Diuroglossum'' Turcz. |synonyms_ref = <ref name="POWO" /> }}

'''''Guazuma''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae native Mexico and tropical America.<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |title=Guazuma Mill. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:38713-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=14 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

==Taxonomy== It was published by Philip Miller in 1754.<ref name = "Miller, 1754">Miller, Philip. (1754). The gardeners dictionary : containing the methods of cultivating and improving all sorts of trees, plants, and flowers, for the kitchen, fruit, and pleasure gardens, as also those which are used in medicine : with directions for the culture of vineyards, and making of wine in England ... (Vol. 2). Printed for the author and sold by John and James Rivington. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44046165</ref><ref name = "Tropicos" /> The lectotype ''Guazuma ulmifolia'' {{small|Lam.}} was designated in 1967.<ref name = "Tropicos">Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-i). ''Guazuma'' Mill. Tropicos. Retrieved January 25, 2025, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/40018006</ref> ===Species=== It has four species:<ref name="POWO" /> *''Guazuma crinita'' {{small|Mart.}} *''Guazuma invira'' {{small|(Willd.) G.Don}} *''Guazuma longipedicellata'' {{small|Freytag}} *''Guazuma ulmifolia'' {{small|Lam.}}

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Category:Byttnerioideae Category:Malvaceae genera Category:Flora of the Neotropical realm