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.
Species 21 species are accepted. Pterygota adolfi-friederici Pterygota alata – Buddha coconut Pterygota amazonica Pterygota augouardii Pterygota bequaertii Pterygota brasiliensis Pterygota bureavii Pterygota colombiana Pterygota excelsa Pterygota forbesii Pterygota horsfieldii Pterygota kamerunensis Pterygota macrocarpa Pterygota madagascariensis Pterygota mildbraedii Pterygota papuana Pterygota perrieri Pterygota schoorkopfii Pterygota schweinfurthii Pterygota thwaitesii Pterygota trinervia
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