''Thepparatia'' is a monotypic genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s belonging to the family

Malvaceae Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include okra, cotton, cacao and durian. There are also some genera containing familiar ...

. It only contains one known species, Thepparatia scandens Its native range is from the Indian subcontinent to parts of Indo-China. It is found in the Andaman Islands, Assam, Bangladesh, eastern Himalaya, India, Myanmar and Thailand. The genus name of ''Thepparatia'' is in honour of

Sirindhorn Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, The Princess Royal and Princess Debaratana Rajasuda ( th, มหาจักรีสิรินธร, ; ; born April 2, 1955), formerly Princess Sirindhorn Debaratanasuda Kitivadhanadulsobhak ( th, สมเ ...

(b. 1955), Thailand princess. (Thais commonly refer to her as "Phra Thep", meaning "princess angel"). The Latin

specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

of ''scandens'' means climbing, as derived from ''scando''. The genus was first described and published in Thai Forest Bull., Bot. Vol.34 on page 195 in 2006. The species was published in Fl. Thailand Vol.14 (Issue 2) on page 329 in 2019.

References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q6145798, from2=Q89071528 Malvaceae Malvaceae genera Plants described in 2006 Flora of the Indian subcontinent Flora of the Andaman Islands Flora of Myanmar Flora of Thailand