Urocarpidium

Urocarpidium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Urocarpidium
Ulbr.[1]
Species:
U. albiflorum
Binomial name
Urocarpidium albiflorum
Ulbr.
Synonyms[2]
  • Malvastrum arequipense I.M.Johnst.
  • Sphaeralcea arequipensis (I.M.Johnst.) Krapov.
  • Sphaeralcea weberbaueri Krapov.

Urocarpidium is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family Malvaceae, It includes a single species, Urocarpidium albiflorum, an annual plant native the dry areas of the Andes mountains in Peru and northern Chile.[2]

Many species originally placed in this genus were moved to Fuertesimalva in 1996.[3]

References

  1. ^ Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 117: 63 (1916)
  2. ^ a b "Urocarpidium albiflorum Ulbr". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  3. ^ Fryxell, Paul A. (1996). "Fuertesimalva, A New Genus of Neotropical Malvaceae". SIDA, Contributions to Botany. 17 (1): 69–76. JSTOR 41960951.
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