5018.000 Thespesia Sol. ex Corrêa

AZANZA Alef.

THESPESIOPSIS Exell. & Hillc.

Areces-Berazain, F. & Ackerman, J. (2020) A revision of Thespesia and allied genera in Tribe Gossypieae (Malvaceae-Malvoideae). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-019-09598-5. Brittonia.

Description of the genus

Trees or shrubs with stems and leaves scaly or stellate-hairy. Leaves petiolate; lamina ovate to triangular or suborbicular, entire or less often palmately 3-lobed, with an elongated nectary on the midrib beneath. Pedicels with nectaries lacking or inconspicuous. Epicalyx of 3-17 linear to lanceolate bracteoles. Calyx broadly cup-shaped, entire or with 5 teeth. Corolla usually yellow, less often white or deep rose, usually with a red centre. Capsule (3-) 5-locular, usually indehiscent, woody or sometimes fleshy. Seeds 1 per loculus, relatively large (7–16 mm long), glabrous to densely woolly.

Derivation of name: from the Greek thespesios, meaning divine, wondrous, or excellent, alluding to its planting in sacred groves and use for carving religious sculpture.

Worldwide: 14 species in the Old Word tropics and subtropics and Australia.

Zimbabwe: 1 taxon.

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Other sources of information about Thespesia:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Thespesia
Flora of Burundi: Thespesia
Flora of Caprivi: Thespesia
Flora of Malawi: Thespesia
Flora of Mozambique: Thespesia
Flora of Zambia: Thespesia
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Thespesia

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Thespesia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Thespesia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Thespesia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Thespesia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Thespesia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Thespesia
JSTOR Plant Science: Thespesia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Thespesia
Plants of the World Online: Thespesia
Tropicos: Thespesia
Wikipedia: Thespesia

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Thespesia.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=2195, retrieved 6 December 2024

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