Pterospermum
Pterospermum is a flowering plant genus. Traditionally included in the family Sterculiaceae, it is included in the expanded Malvaceae in the APG and most subsequent systematics. Pterospermum is based on two Greek words, "Pteron" and "Sperma," meaning "winged seed."
Some species are grown ornamentally while others are valued for their timber.Species
To date, only 10 species names within the genus have been resolved in The Plant List.
- Pterospermum acerifolium Willd.
- Pterospermum grewiifolium Pierre unresolved in The Plant List
- Pterospermum heterophyllum Hance
- Pterospermum kingtungense C.Y. Wu ex H.H. Hsue
- Pterospermum lanceifolium Roxb.
- Pterospermum menglunense H.H. Hsue
- Pterospermum niveum Vidal
- Pterospermum proteus Burkill
- Pterospermum reticulatum Wight & Arn. unresolved in The Plant List
- Pterospermum suberifolium Willd.
- Pterospermum truncatolobatum Gagnep.
- Pterospermum yunnanense H.H. Hsue
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