Gyranthera: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malvales
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Gyranthera
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Gyranthera
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Gyranthera
Gyranthera is a genus of tropical trees of South America and Central America in the family Malvaceae.
Three species are accepted.
- Gyranthera amphibiolepis W.Palacios is endemic to Ecuador, and was newly described in 2012.
- Gyranthera caribensis Pittier is a tall (up to 60 metres) buttressed tree, which grows in the Cordillera de la Costa montane forests of northern Venezuela.
- Gyranthera darienensis Pittier is a threatened species native to Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama.