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|accepted_name=Thespesia
|accepted_authority=Solander ex Corrêa
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.
|place=9: 290, plate 25, fig. 1. 1807
|year=1807
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|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae;Thespesia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Malvaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Thespesia]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek thespesios, divine, wondrous, or excellent, alluding to planting in sacred groves and use for carving religious sculpture
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 215, 218
|treatment_page=page 372
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form"><b>Trees </b>[shrubs].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem pubescence;stem pubescence;stem coloration or relief;stem coating"><b>Stems </b>erect, glabrous or hairy when young, usually glandular-punctate, not viscid.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stipule duration;stipule duration;stipule shape;stipule shape"><b>Leaves:</b> stipules persistent or deciduous, lanceolate or falcate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;base shape;margin architecture or shape;surface pubescence">blade ovate, unlobed [3-lobulate], base deeply cordate [shallowly cordate to ± truncate], margins entire, surfaces glabrate [hairy], with abaxial foliar nectaries.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="axillary flower architecture or arrangement or growth form"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary solitary flowers, [sometimes aggregated apically];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="involucel presence;bractlet duration;bractlet quantity;bractlet fusion">involucel present, bractlets caducous, 3, distinct.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="calyx size;calyx shape;lobe architecture or shape;lobe architecture or shape"><b>Flowers:</b> calyx not accrescent, not inflated, lobes truncate [to 5-lobed], not ribbed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration">corolla yellow [white or rose], with [without] maroon spot at base, usually fading pinkish orange;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="staminal column position">staminal column usually included;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="ovary architecture;style architecture">ovary 3–5-carpellate, style 3–5-branched;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="stigma shape">stigmas clavate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="fruits capsule orientation;fruits capsule shape;fruits capsule shape;fruits capsule texture;fruits capsule pubescence;fruits capsule dehiscence"><b>Fruits </b>capsules, erect, somewhat inflated, oblate, coriaceous [ligneous], lepidote [glabrous or hairy], indehiscent [dehiscent].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>3–5 per locule, short-hairy [glabrous].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="seed quantity;seed pubescence;x chromosome quantity">x = 13.</span><!--

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|distribution=Fla.;Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands (Papua New Guinea);Australia;also in Mexico;West Indies;n South America
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species 17 (1 in the flora).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Thespesia
|author=Paul A. Fryxell†;Steven R. Hill
|authority=Solander ex Corrêa
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subfamily
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Malvaceae
|distribution=Fla.;Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands (Papua New Guinea);Australia;also in Mexico;West Indies;n South America
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.
|publication year=1807
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V6/V6_690.xml
|subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Malvoideae
|genus=Thespesia
|axillary flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary
|base shape=cordate
|blade shape=unlobed;ovate
|bractlet duration=caducous
|bractlet fusion=distinct
|bractlet quantity=3
|calyx shape=not inflated
|calyx size=not accrescent
|corolla coloration=orange;fading pinkish;orange;maroon spot;yellow
|fruits capsule dehiscence=indehiscent
|fruits capsule orientation=erect
|fruits capsule pubescence=lepidote
|fruits capsule shape=oblate;inflated
|fruits capsule texture=coriaceous
|involucel presence=absent
|lobe architecture or shape=not ribbed;truncate
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|ovary architecture=3-5-carpellate
|seed pubescence=short-hairy
|seed quantity=3;5
|staminal column position=included
|stem coating=not viscid
|stem coloration or relief=glandular-punctate
|stem orientation=erect
|stem pubescence=hairy;glabrous
|stigma shape=clavate
|stipule duration=deciduous;persistent
|stipule shape=falcate;lanceolate
|style architecture=3-5-branched
|surface pubescence=glabrate
|whole_organism growth form=tree
|x chromosome quantity=13
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