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Helicteres jamaicensis Jacq.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Jacq. (1760). In: Select. Am. 235. T. 179, F. 99.

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Malvales
family
Malvaceae
genus
Helicteres
species
Helicteres jamaicensis

Name

Synonyms
Helicteres althaeifolia Lam.
Helicteres altheifolia Benth.
Helicteres barbadensis Jacq.
Helicteres brevior Mill.
Helicteres dumosa Salisb.
Helicteres jamicensis Jacq.
Helicteres spiralis Northr.
Nisoralis jamaicensis (Jacq.) Raf.
Homonyms
Helicteres jamaicensis Jacq.
Helicteres jamaicensis DC. ex Spreng.
Helicteres jamaicensis Lam.
Helicteres jamaicensis DC.
Common names
Blind-eye bush in language.
Bois d'homme (Haiti) in language.
Cat's balls in language.
Coton rat in language.
Cow bush (Virgin Isl.) in language.
Cow-bush (Bahamas) in language.
Cuernecillo (Puerto Rico) in language.
Gato in language.
Huevo de gato in language.
Huevo de gato (Dominican Republic) in language.
Jaucon in language.
Jeucon in language.
Jeucon in language.
Majaguilla de costa in language.
Majaguilla de costa (Cuba) in language.
Salz-bush in language.
Screw tree (Jamaica) in language.
Screwtree in English
blind-eye-bush in English
blind-eye-bush in English
cat's-balls in English
cat's-balls in English
cowbush in English
cowbush in English
salzbush in English
salzbush in English
screwbush in English
screwbush in English
screwtree in English
screwtree in English
screwtree in English
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