Quararibea

Quararibea
Fruit of Quararibea cordata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Subfamily:	Bombacoideae
Genus:	Quararibea Aubl.
Species
See text
Synonyms [1]
GerberaJ.F.Gmel., orth. var. GerberiaScop. LexarzaLa Llave MyrodiaSw.

Quararibea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. It includes 61 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Mexico through Central and South America to Bolivia and southeastern Brazil. ^[1]

Species

61 species are accepted. ^[1]

• Quararibea aliciae Fern.Alonso
• Quararibea alversonii C.D.M.Ferreira, Bovini & Baumgratz
• Quararibea amazonica Ulbr.
• Quararibea angustifolia (Mart.) C.D.M.Ferreira & Bovini
• Quararibea aristeguietae Cuatrec.
• Quararibea asterolepis Pittier
• Quararibea aurantiocalyx W.S.Alverson
• Quararibea bilobata A.Robyns
• Quararibea bovinii C.D.M.Ferreira
• Quararibea bragae C.D.M.Ferreira & Bovini
• Quararibea cacao (Triana & Planch.) Baill.
• Quararibea caldasiana Fern.Alonso
• Quararibea calycoptera Fern.Alonso & Cornejo
• Quararibea casasecae Fern.Alonso & Castrov.
• Quararibea centinelae Fern.Alonso & Cornejo
• Quararibea ciroana Cuatrec.
• Quararibea citarensis Fern.Alonso
• Quararibea cogolloi Fern.Alonso
• Quararibea cornejoi Fern.Alonso
• Quararibea costaricensis W.S.Alverson
• Quararibea cryptantha Fern.Alonso
• Quararibea duckei Huber
• Quararibea floribunda (A.St.-Hil. & Naudin) K.Schum.
• Quararibea foenigraeca Cuatrec.
• Quararibea funebris (La Llave) Vischer
• Quararibea gentlei Lundell
• Quararibea gigantiflora Pittier
• Quararibea gomeziana W.S.Alverson
• Quararibea grandifolia (Little) Cuatrec.
• Quararibea guianensis Aubl.
• Quararibea latilimbata Fern.Alonso
• Quararibea lopezperaltae Gallardo-Hern. & Lorea-Hern.
• Quararibea magnifica Pittier
• Quararibea martini Baill.
• Quararibea mayarum Lorea-Hern. & Gallardo-Hern.
• Quararibea nigrescens N.Zamora, Cascante & S.Y.Kim
• Quararibea obovalifolia Pittier
• Quararibea parviflora Lundell
• Quararibea parvifolia Standl.
• Quararibea pendula W.S.Alverson
• Quararibea penduliflora (A.St.-Hil.) K.Schum.
• Quararibea platyphylla Pittier & Donn.Sm.
• Quararibea pterocalyx Hemsl.
• Quararibea pumila W.S.Alverson
• Quararibea rangelii Fern.Alonso
• Quararibea recondita Fern.Alonso
• Quararibea reflexipetala Cascante, J.Sánchez-Gonz. & W.S.Alverson
• Quararibea ruiziana Fern.Alonso
• Quararibea santaritensis W.S.Alverson
• Quararibea silverstonei Fern.Alonso
• Quararibea similis C.D.M.Ferreira & Bovini
• Quararibea spatulata Ducke
• Quararibea stenophylla Pittier
• Quararibea steyermarkii Cuatrec.
• Quararibea tafallae Fern.Alonso
• Quararibea tulekunae Fern.Alonso
• Quararibea turbinata (Sw.) Poir.– swizzlestick tree ^[2]
• Quararibea velutina Cuatrec.
• Quararibea villanuevae Fern.Alonso
• Quararibea wittii K.Schum. & Ulbr.
• Quararibea yunckeri Standl.

Formerly placed here

• Matisia cordata Bonpl. (as Q. cordata(Bonpl.) Vischer)
• Matisia dolichopoda (A.Robyns) Cuatrec. (as Q. dolichopodaA.Robyns)
• Matisia dolichosiphon (A.Robyns & S.Nilsson) W.S.Alverson (as Q. dolichosiphonA.Robyns & S.Nilsson)
• Matisia jefensis (A.Robyns & S.Nilsson) W.S.Alverson (as Q. jefensisA.Robyns & S.Nilsson)
• Matisia sanblasensis (A.Robyns) Cuatrec. (as Q. sanblasensisA.Robyns)

References

1. "Quararibea Aubl". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 3 November 2025.
2. Quararibea turbinata. USDA PLANTS.