Urocarpidium

Urocarpidium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Urocarpidium
Ulbr.
Species:
U. albiflorum
Binomial name
Urocarpidium albiflorum
Ulbr.
Synonyms
  • 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.

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

References

  1. ↑ Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 117: 63 (1916)
  2. 1 2 "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.