Malvaceae
Helicteres

Helicteres obtusa Wall. ex Kurz

First published in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 42: 62 (1873)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is China (S. Yunnan) to W. Indo-China. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., China South-Central, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2007). Flora of China 12: 1-534. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Lê, T.C. (2003). Danh lục các loài thực vật Việt Nam 2: 1-1203. Hà Nội : Nhà xuất bản Nông nghiệp.
  • Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2007). Flora of China 12: 1-534. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
[Griffith, W.] [s.n.], Indian Subcontinent K000671829 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1184], Myanmar K001112350 Yes
Griffith [s.n.], Indian Subcontinent K000671828 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0