# Thespesia

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{{Short description|Family of shrubs and trees}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Starr 070124-3910 Thespesia populnea.jpg
|image_caption = ''[Thespesia populnea](/source/Thespesia_populnea)''
|display_parents = 2
|taxon = Thespesia
|authority = [Sol.](/source/Daniel_Solander) ex [Corrêa](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Francisco_Corr%C3%AAa_da_Serra) (1807), nom. cons.<ref name=GRIN>{{GRIN genus | name = ''Thespesia'' | id = 12072 | accessdate = 30 April 2017}}</ref>
|synonyms =
*''Armouria'' <small>Lewton (1933)</small>
*''Atkinsia'' <small>R.A.Howard (1949)</small>
*''Bupariti'' {{small|Duhamel (1760)}}
*''Maga'' <small>Urb. (1912)</small>
*''Montezuma'' <small>DC. (1824)</small>
*''Parita'' {{small|Scop. (1777)}}
*''Pariti'' {{small|Adans. (1763), nom. superfl.}}
*''Paritium'' {{small|A.Juss. (1828), orth. var.}}
*''Shantzia'' <small>Lewton (1928)</small>
*''Thespesiopsis'' <small>Exell & Hillc. (1954)</small>
*''Ulbrichia'' <small>Urb. (1924)</small>
|synonyms_ref = <ref name=powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332010-2 ''Thespesia'' Sol. ex Corrêa]. ''[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)''. Retrieved 19 June 2023.</ref>
|subdivision_ranks = [Species](/source/Species)
|subdivision = 14 species, see text
}}

'''''Thespesia''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of 14 [flowering](/source/Flowering_plant) [shrub](/source/shrub)s and [tree](/source/tree)s in the ''[Hibiscus](/source/Hibiscus)'' family, [Malvaceae](/source/Malvaceae), although within the family they are more closely related to cotton plants (''[Gossypium](/source/Gossypium)''). The genus is distributed from the [South Pacific](/source/Oceania) through Asia, Africa, and the [Caribbean](/source/Caribbean).

==Species==
14 species are currently accepted.<ref name = powo/>
*''[Thespesia acutiloba](/source/Thespesia_acutiloba)'' <small>(Baker f.) Exell & Mendonça</small> – [Mozambique](/source/Mozambique) and [KwaZulu Natal](/source/KwaZulu_Natal)
*''[Thespesia beatensis](/source/Thespesia_beatensis)'' <small>(Urb.) Fryxell</small> – [Beata Island](/source/Beata_Island), [Dominican Republic](/source/Dominican_Republic)<ref>{{GRIN | ''Thespesia beatensis'' | 105698 | accessdate = 2009-04-04}}</ref>
*''[Thespesia cubensis](/source/Thespesia_cubensis)'' <small>(Britton & P.Wilson) J.B.Hutch.</small> – [Cuba](/source/Cuba)<ref>{{GRIN | ''Thespesia cubensis'' | 105699 | accessdate = 2009-04-04}}</ref>
*''[Thespesia danis](/source/Thespesia_danis)'' <small>Oliv.</small> – eastern and southern Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, and eastern Tanzania<ref>{{GRIN | ''Thespesia danis'' | 36521 | accessdate = 2009-04-04}}</ref>
*''[Thespesia fissicalyx](/source/Thespesia_fissicalyx)'' <small>Borss.Waalk.</small> – eastern and northeastern New Guinea
*''[Thespesia garckeana](/source/Thespesia_garckeana)'' <small>F.Hoffm.</small> – Nigeria to Sudan and northern South Africa
*''[Thespesia grandiflora](/source/Thespesia_grandiflora)'' <small>[DC.](/source/Augustin_Pyramus_de_Candolle)</small> - Maga – [Puerto Rico](/source/Puerto_Rico)
*''[Thespesia gummiflua](/source/Thespesia_gummiflua)'' <small>Capuron</small> – northern Madagascar
*''[Thespesia mossambicensis](/source/Thespesia_mossambicensis)'' <small>(Exell & Hillc.) Fryxell</small> – northeastern Mozambique
*''[Thespesia multibracteata](/source/Thespesia_multibracteata)'' <small>Borss.Waalk.</small> – New Guinea
*''[Thespesia patellifera](/source/Thespesia_patellifera)'' <small>Borss.Waalk.</small> – eastern New Guinea
*''[Thespesia populnea](/source/Thespesia_populnea)'' <small>(L.) [Sol.](/source/Daniel_Solander) ex Corrêa</small> - Portia tree – [Pantropical](/source/Pantropical)
*''[Thespesia populneoides](/source/Thespesia_populneoides)'' <small>(Roxb.) Kostel.</small> – eastern coastal Africa, Madagascar, Indian subcontinent, Indochina, Philippines, Java, New Guinea, and northern Australia
*''[Thespesia robusta](/source/Thespesia_robusta)'' {{small|Borss.Waalk.}} – southeastern Papua New Guinea

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Thespesia|''Thespesia''}}
* [http://www.hibiscus.org/species/tpopulnea.php Thespesia populnea] at Australian native hibiscus and hibiscus like species.
*{{Wikispecies-inline}}

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Category:Thespesia
Category:Malvaceae genera

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