kingdom: Plantae >
subkingdom: Pteridobiotina Britton & Brown >
phylum: Tracheophyta >
class: Magnoliopsida >
order: Malvales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl >
family: Malvaceae Juss. >
subfamily: Malvoideae Burnett >
genus: Gaya Kunth >
Mexico (Quintana Roo, Yucatan, Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz); Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Ecuador; Peru
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L’Hér. (1789). In: Stirp. Nov. 119bis., T. 57.
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Sweet. (1858). In: Hort. Brit. Ed. II. 64.
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Hochr. (1902). In: Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 6: 41.
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Kunth. (1891). In: Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 5: 268 (1822), Ex Schum., Fl. Bras. [Martius] 12(3): 351.