Urocarpidium Explained

Urocarpidium is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family Malvaceae, native to the Andes mountains of South America. Many species originally placed in this genus were moved to Fuertesimalva in 1996.^[1]

Species

Species currently accepted by The Plant List^[2] are as follows:

• Urocarpidium albiflorum Ulbr.
• Urocarpidium jacens (S. Watson) Krapov.
• Urocarpidium mathewsii (Turcz.) Krapov.
• Urocarpidium pentacoccum Krapov.
• Urocarpidium pentandrum (K. Schum.) Krapov.
• Urocarpidium sanambrosianum D.M. Bates

Notes and References

1. Fryxell . Paul A. . 1996 . Fuertesimalva, A New Genus of Neotropical Malvaceae . SIDA, Contributions to Botany . 17 . 1 . 69–76 . 41960951 .
2. Web site: Urocarpidium . . theplantlist.org . The Plant List . 20 June 2020 .