Spirotheca
{{Short description|Genus of trees}}
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|image = (Spirotheca rivieri ).jpg
|image_caption = Spirotheca rivieri
|taxon = Spirotheca
|authority = Ulbr.
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = 6 species, see text
}}
Spirotheca is a genus of trees in the family Malvaceae, native to Central and South America.{{Cite journal|last=Gibbs|first=Peter E.|last2=Alverson|first2=William S.|date=2006|title=How many species of Spirotheca (Malvaceae s.l., Bombacoideae)?|url=http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1663/0007-196X(2006)58%5B245:HMSOSM%5D2.0.CO;2|journal=Brittonia|volume=58|issue=3|pages=245–258|doi=10.1663/0007-196X(2006)58[245:HMSOSM]2.0.CO;2|issn=0007-196X}}
Species
Currently recognized species in Spirotheca are:{{Cite journal|last=Carvalho-Sobrinho|first=Jefferson Guedes de|last2=Machado|first2=Marlon Câmara|last3=Queiroz|first3=Luciano Paganucci de|date=2012|title=Spirotheca elegans (Malvaceae: Bombacoideae), a New Species from Bahia, Brazil|url=http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1600/036364412X656554|journal=Systematic Botany|volume=37|issue=4|pages=978–982|doi=10.1600/036364412X656554|issn=0363-6445}}
References
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