Thespesia
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 Thespesia populnea
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Thespesia beatensis |
Thespesia is a genus of 18 shrubs and trees classified in the flowering plant family Malvaceae and thus related to Hibiscus, although within the family they are more closely related to cotton plant (Gossypium). The genus is distributed from the South Pacific through Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean.
[edit] External links
- Thespesia populnea at Australian native hibiscus and hibiscus like species.
- Thespesia gallery
