It is native to Tropical America with its greatest diversity in Brazil (up to 14 species). It is also found in the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.[2]
General description
Shrubs or herbs, with toothed leaves, flowers either yellowish or purplish, mainly solitary in the axils, sometimes racemose, with 8 carpels or more, membranaceous, bi-valvate and one seeded.[4]
Taxonomy
The genus name of Gaya is in honour of Jaques Étienne Gay (1786–1864), a Swiss-French botanist, civil servant, collector and taxonomist.[5]
It was first described and published in (F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth; Editors), Nov. Gen. Sp. Vol.5 on page 266 in 1823.[2]
"Gaya". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
Takeuchi, Cátia; Kano, Cecília H.; Tate, Jennifer A.; Esteves, Gerleni L. (September 2018). "Molecular Phylogenetics and Character Evolution of Gaya and Related Genera (Malvoideae, Malvaceae)". Systematic Botany. 43 (3): 676–688. doi:10.1600/036364418X697391.
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