''Cespedesia'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s belonging to the family

Ochnaceae Ochnaceae is a Family (biology), family of flowering plants in the Order (biology), order Malpighiales.Vernon H. Heywood, Richard K. Brummitt, Ole Seberg, and Alastair Culham. ''Flowering Plant Families of the World''. Firefly Books: Ontario, Can ...

. It contains a single species, ''Cespedesia spathulata''. The common name is Membrillo de Montana. At the top of the trunk and any vertical reiterations is a rosette of long

spatulate The following terms are used to describe leaf morphology in the description and taxonomy of plants. Leaves may be simple (that is, the leaf blade or 'lamina' is undivided) or compound (that is, the leaf blade is divided into two or more leaflets) ...

leaves which are held in a near-vertical posture. Its native range is Central and Southern Tropical America.

References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q9737507, from2=Q15387668 Ochnaceae Monotypic Malpighiales genera Ochnaceae genera Flora of Southern America Taxa named by José Antonio Pavón Jiménez Taxa named by Hipólito Ruiz López