Thespesia

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Image:Milo closeup.jpg Thespesia populnea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Malvales Family: Malvaceae Genus: Thespesia
Species
Thespesia beatensis Thespesia cubensis Thespesia danis Thespesia garckeana Thespesia grandiflora Thespesia lampas Thespesia macrophylla Thespesia populnea Thespesia populneoides Thespesia thespesioides

Thespesia is a genus of 18 shrubs and trees classified in the flowering plant family Malvaceae and thus related to Hibiscus, although within the family they are more closely related to cotton plant (Gossypium). The genus is distributed from the South Pacific through Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean.

External link

• Thespesia populnea at Australian native hibiscus and hibiscus like species.
• Thespesia gallery