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.Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-i). Guazuma Mill. Tropicos. Retrieved January 25, 2025, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/40018006
|synonyms =
- Bubroma Schreb.
- Diuroglossum Turcz.
}}
Guazuma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae native Mexico and tropical America.{{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}}
Taxonomy
It was published by Philip Miller in 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 The lectotype Guazuma ulmifolia {{small|Lam.}} was designated in 1967.Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-i). Guazuma Mill. Tropicos. Retrieved January 25, 2025, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/40018006
=Species=
- Guazuma crinita {{small|Mart.}}
- Guazuma invira {{small|(Willd.) G.Don}}
- Guazuma longipedicellata {{small|Freytag}}
- Guazuma ulmifolia {{small|Lam.}}
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