Pterygota (plant)
genus of plants
Pterygota is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae.
In older systems of classification, it was placed in Sterculiaceae, but all members of that family are now in an expanded Malvaceae.
Pterygota has a pantropical distribution.
Species
21 species are accepted.
Pterygota adolfi-friederici Engl. & K.Krause
Pterygota alata (Roxb.) R.Br. – Buddha coconut
Pterygota amazonica L.O.Williams ex Dorr
Pterygota augouardii Pellegr.
Pterygota bequaertii De Wild.
Pterygota brasiliensis Allemão
Pterygota bureavii Pierre
Pterygota colombiana Cuatrec.
Pterygota excelsa (Standl.
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