Guazuma

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Guazuma
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Guazuma ulmifolia flower
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Tribe: Theobromateae
Genus: Guazuma
Mill.
Type species
Guazuma ulmifolia Lam. [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Bubroma Schreb.
  • Diuroglossum Turcz.

Guazuma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae native Mexico and tropical America. [2]

Contents

Taxonomy

It was published by Philip Miller in 1754. [3] [1] The lectotype Guazuma ulmifolia Lam. was designated in 1967. [1]

Species

It has four species: [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-i). Guazuma Mill. Tropicos. Retrieved January 25, 2025, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/40018006
  2. 1 2 3 "Guazuma Mill. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  3. 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