| Pterygota |
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| Pterygota alata |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Clade: |
Angiosperms |
| Clade: |
Eudicots |
| Clade: |
Rosids |
| Order: |
Malvales |
| Family: |
Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: |
Sterculioideae |
| Genus: |
Pterygota
Schott & Endl. |
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| Species |
- Pterygota adolfi-friederici Engl. & K. Krause. (1912)
- Pterygota alata (Buddha coconut)
- Pterygota amazonica L.O.Williams ex Dorr (1922)
- Pterygota augouardii Pellegr. (1923)
- Pterygota bequaertii De Wild. (1919)
- Pterygota brasiliensis Allemão. (1862)
- Pterygota bureavii Pierre. (1889)
- Pterygota colombiana Cuatrec. (1952)
- Pterygota excelsa Kosterm. (1961)
- Pterygota horsfieldii Kosterm. (1953)
- Pterygota kamerunensis K. Schum. & Engl. (1907)
- Pterygota macrocarpa K. Schum. (1900)
- Pterygota madagascariensis Arènes. (1958)
- Pterygota mildbraedii K. Schum. (1912)
- Pterygota perrieri Hochr. (1926)
- Pterygota thwaitesii Alston. (1931)
- Pterygota trinervia K. Schum. (1897)
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Pterygota is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae.
In older systems of classification, it was placed in Sterculiaceae, but all members of that family are now in an expanded Malvaceae.
Pterygota has a pantropical distribution.