| Thepparatia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Thepparatia Phuph. (2006) |
| Species: | T. scandens |
| Binomial name | |
| Thepparatia scandens (Roxb. ex G.Don) Phuph. (2019) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Thepparatia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae. [2] It only contains one known species, the liana Thepparatia scandens. [2] [1]
Its native range is from the Indian subcontinent to parts of Indo-China. It is found in the Andaman Islands, Assam, Bangladesh, eastern Himalaya, India, Myanmar and Thailand. [2]
The genus name of Thepparatia is in honour of Sirindhorn (b. 1955), Thailand princess. (Thais commonly refer to her as "Phra Thep", meaning "princess angel"). [3] The Latin specific epithet of scandens means climbing, as derived from scando. [4] The genus was first described and published in Thai Forest Bull., Bot. Vol.34 on page 195 in 2006. [2] The species was published in Fl. Thailand Vol.14 (Issue 2) on page 329 in 2019. [1]