Bastardia

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Bastardia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Malvales Family: Malvaceae Genus: Bastardia Kunth

Bastardia is a plant genus in the family Malvaceae.

Species include:

• Bastardia angulata Guill. & Perr.
• Bastardia aristata Turcz.
• Bastardia berlandieri A. Gray
• Bastardia bivalvis (Cav.) Kunth, also known as escoba babosa, native to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
• Bastardia conferta Garcke & K. Schum.
• Bastardia elegans K. Schum.
• Bastardia foetida (Cav.) Sweet
• Bastardia guayaquilensis Turcz.
• Bastardia hirsutissima Walp.
• Bastardia limensis R.E. Fr.
• Bastardia macrophylla Ulbr
• Bastardia meringioides Sessé & Moc.
• Bastardia parvifolia Kunth
• Bastardia plumosa (Presl) K. Schum.
• Bastardia triquetra Morales
• Bastardia violacea Standl.
• Bastardia viscosa (L.) Kunth, also known as viscid mallow, native to Texas, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Central America, Venezula, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

[edit] References

• Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN): Bastardia
• USDA - PLANTS database: Bastardia
• Missouri Botanical Gardens - VAST (VAScular Tropicos) nomenclatural database

[edit] External links

• Native Plant Information Centre: Bastardia viscosa (photo)