Malvaceae
Thespesia

Thespesia populneoides (Roxb.) Kostel.

First published in Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 5: 1861 (1836)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal and N. Australia. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Aldabra, Comoros, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Maluku, Mauritius, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel Is., New Guinea, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Western Australia

Introduced into:

Benin, Senegal

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Abedin, S. (1979). Flora of West Pakistan 130: 1-107.
  • Abedin, S., Zamarrud, Abid, R. & Alam, J. (2010). New generic record and reclarification of Thespesia populneoides (Roxb.) Kostel.. Pakistn Journal of Botany 42: 2225-2229.
  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Castle, G.E. (1994). Flore des Seychelles Dicotylédones: 1-663. Orstom Editions.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Verdcourt, B. & Mwachala, G.M. (2009). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Malvaceae: 1-170. [Cited as Thespesia populnea var. populneoides.]
  • Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2007). Flora of China 12: 1-534. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis). [Cited as Thespesia populnea.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Abedin, S., Zamarrud, Abid, R. & Alam, J. (2010). New generic record and reclarification of Thespesia populneoides (Roxb.) Kostel.. Pakistn Journal of Botany 42: 2225-2229.
  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Castle, G.E. (1994). Flore des Seychelles Dicotylédones: 1-663. Orstom Editions.
  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (2014-continuously updated). Atlas of Living Australia http://www.ala.org.au/.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2011 Gillison, A.N. [NGF 22152] Papua New Guinea K001045474 No
Nov 1, 2011 van Borssum Waalkes [3154] K001045481 No
Nov 1, 2011 Kerr, A.F.G. [11231] Thailand K001045482 No
Oct 11, 2006 K001519274 No
Renvoize, S.A. Seychelles K:SPC-07314.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0