genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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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 ...
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Malvaceae
Malvaceae (), or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include Theobroma cacao, cacao, Cola (plant), cola, cotton, okra, Hibiscus sabdariffa, ...
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Species include:
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Quararibea asterolepis
''Quararibea asterolepis'' (cinco dedos, guácimo molenillo, guayabillo, garrocho, molenillo, panula, palo cuadrado; syn. ''Quararibea stenophylla'' Pittier) is a timber tree native to Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Ve ...
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Quararibea aurantiocalyx
''Quararibea aurantiocalyx'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. It is threatened by habitat loss
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss or habitat reduction) occurs when a n ...
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Quararibea cordata
''Quararibea cordata'', known as the South American sapote or chupa-chupa, is a large, semi-deciduous fruit tree reaching heights of up to 45 meters. It is native to the Amazon rainforest vegetation in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Descript ...
Quararibea dolichosiphon
''Quararibea dolichosiphon'' is a species of flowering plant in the Malvaceae family. It is found only in Panama
Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering Sou ...
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Quararibea funebris
''Quararibea funebris'' has common names including (Mayan languages, Maya), , swizzle stick tree, or , (Nahuatl = chocolate flower) , ''tepecacao'', funeral tree, ''flor de tejate'' and ''tejate''. It is a tree native to Belize, Costa Rica, El ...
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Quararibea gomeziana
''Quararibea gomeziana'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. It is threatened by habitat loss
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss or habitat reduction) occurs when a natur ...
Quararibea pendula
''Quararibea pendula'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
Quararibea, pendula
Flora of Costa Rica
Flora of Panama
Endangered flora o ...
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Quararibea platyphylla
''Quararibea platyphylla'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. It is threatened by habitat loss
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss or habitat reduction) occurs when a nat ...
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Quararibea pterocalyx
''Quararibea pterocalyx'', the wild palm or cinco dedos, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, and Venezuela. It is threatened by habitat loss
Habitat destruction (also termed ...
Quararibea turbinata
''Quararibea turbinata'', also known as the swizzlestick tree, is an aromatic plant native to such Caribbean locales as Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, St. K ...
Quararibea velutina
''Quararibea velutina'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is found only in Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in ...
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Quararibea yunckeri
''Quararibea yunckeri'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is found only in Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the s ...