Pterygota is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae.

Pterygota
Pterygota alata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Sterculioideae
Genus: Pterygota
Schott & Endl.

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.[1]

Species

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Species of the genus Pterygota include:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Pterygota Schott & Endl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  2. ^ Jahan, Nusrat; Parvin, Mst. Shahnaj; Das, Nandita; Islam, Mohammad Saiful; Islam, Md. Ekramul (2014-09-01). "Studies on the antioxidant activity of ethanol extract and its fractions from Pterygota alata leaves". Journal of Acute Medicine. 4 (3): 103–108. doi:10.1016/j.jacme.2014.05.001. ISSN 2211-5587.