Guazuma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae native Mexico and tropical America.[2]
Taxonomy
It was published by Philip Miller in 1754.[3][1] The lectotype Guazuma ulmifolia Lam. was designated in 1967.[1]
Species
It has four species:[2]
- Guazuma crinita Mart.
- Guazuma invira (Willd.) G.Don
- Guazuma longipedicellata Freytag
- Guazuma ulmifolia Lam.
References
- ^ a b c Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-i). Guazuma Mill. Tropicos. Retrieved January 25, 2025, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/40018006
- ^ a b c "Guazuma Mill. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ Miller, Philip. (1754). The gardeners dictionary : containing the methods of cultivating and improving all sorts of trees, plants, and flowers, for the kitchen, fruit, and pleasure gardens, as also those which are used in medicine : with directions for the culture of vineyards, and making of wine in England ... (Vol. 2). Printed for the author and sold by John and James Rivington. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44046165