Characteristics
Dicots
Thespesia populnea (L.)Sol. ex Corrêa
PORTIA TREE
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Not Native FAC (NWPL) FISC(I) FAC (DEP)
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Classification
MALVALES
Thespesia populnea (L.)Sol. ex Corrêa - PORTIA TREE
Citation
THESPESIA POPULNEA (Linnaeus) Solander ex Corrêa da Serra, Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 9: 290. 1807.
Hibiscus populneus Linnaeus 1753.
SRI LANKA: Without data, Herb. Hermann 4(34): LINN 258 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Borssum Waalkes, Blumea 14: 108-109. 1966. EPITYPE: Without data (epitype: LINN 875.9). Epitypified by Areces-Berazain & J. D. Ackerman, Brittonia 72: 94. 2020.
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