Phragmotheca
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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Phragmotheca is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae.{{Cite journal |last=Alverson |first=William S. |date=April 1991 |title=A Synopsis of Phragmotheca (Bombacaceae), with Two New Species and a New Subspecies |url=http://link.springer.com/10.2307/2807297 |journal=Brittonia |volume=43 |issue=2 |pages=73–87 |doi=10.2307/2807297|jstor=2807297 |bibcode=1991Britt..43...73A |s2cid=1466869 |url-access=subscription }}{{Cite book |last1=Grandtner |first1=M. M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XALRl1qzcLMC |title=Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology |last2=Chevrette |first2=Julien |date=2013-09-21 |publisher=Academic Press |isbn=978-0-12-396954-5 |pages=493 |language=en}} It includes 11 species native to Panama and western South America (Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru).{{cite web |title=Phragmotheca Cuatrec. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:295222-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=25 June 2025}}
Species
- Phragmotheca amazonica {{small|(W.S.Alverson) Fern.Alonso}}
- Phragmotheca ecuadorensis {{small|W.S.Alverson}}
- Phragmotheca fuchsii {{small|Cuatrec.}}
- Phragmotheca hydra {{small|Fern.Alonso}}
- Phragmotheca lemniscata {{small|Fern.Alonso}}
- Phragmotheca leucoflora {{small|D.R.Simpson}}
- Phragmotheca mambitana {{small|Fern.Alonso & R.Jaram.}}
- Phragmotheca mammosa {{small|W.S.Alverson}}
- Phragmotheca rubriflora {{small|Fern.Alonso}}
- Phragmotheca sidereotricha {{small|Fern.Alonso}}
- Phragmotheca siderosa {{small|Cuatrec.}}
References
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Category:Flora of Southern America
Category:Taxa described in 1946
Category:Taxa named by José Cuatrecasas
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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