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Cienfuegosia

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Cienfuegosia
Flower of Cienfuegosia affinis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Malvoideae
Tribe: Gossypieae
Genus: Cienfuegosia
Cav., 1786
Species

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Synonyms
  • Elidurandia Buckley
  • Fugosia Juss.
  • Redoutea Vent.

Cienfuegosia[1] is a genus of plants, in the family Malvaceae and placed in the tribe Gossypieae. Species can be found in central and south America, Africa including the Arabian peninsula.

They are typically herbs with woody rootstocks, or small shrubs, usually with conspicuous glands. Leaves lobed or unlobed; stipules minute to large and leafy. Flowers are solitary in leaf axils or in 2-flowered cymes.

Species

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Plants of the World Online[2] lists:

References

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  1. ^ Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2014). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  2. ^ Plants of the World Online (retrieved 29 May 2019)
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