Pochota

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malvales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Bombacoideae
Tribus: Bombaceae
Genus: Pochota
Species: P. fendleri

Name

Pochota Ram.Goyena, Fl. Nicarag. 1: 198. (1909) emend. Alverson & Duarte, (2015)

• Type species: Pochota fendleri (Seem.) W.S.Alverson & M.C.Duarte, Novon 24(2): 117. (2015)
• Note: Monotypic for this circumscription, see Pachira Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 725. tt. 291, 292. (1775) for other combinations that were previously under Bombacopsis Pittier.

References

• Ramírez Goyena, M. 1909. Flora Nicaraguense 1: 198.
• Alverson, W.S. & Duarte, M.C. 2015. Hello Again Pochota, Farewell Bombacopsis (Malvaceae). Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature 24(2): 115-119. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Pochota in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Pochota. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 17 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Pochota. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Dec. 2020.