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|accepted_name=Fremontodendron
|accepted_authority=Coville
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.
|place=4: 74. 1893
|year=1893
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Fremontia
|authority=Torrey
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Malvaceae;Malvaceae subfam. Bombacoideae;Fremontodendron
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Malvaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Malvaceae subfam. Bombacoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Fremontodendron]]</div></div>
|etymology=For John Charles Frémont, 1813 – 1890, U.S. military explorer and politician, and Greek dendron, tree
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 187
|treatment_page=page 192
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees to 100 dm. <b>Leaves</b> stipulate (stipules caducous); blade usually palmately lobed, base cuneate to rounded or cordate, surfaces hairy, hairs mostly stellate, (1–)3–7-veined from base. <b>Inflorescences</b> flowers solitary, (usually supra-axillary). <b>Flowers</b>: epicalyx caducous; sepals coppery, orange, or yellow, sometimes with red, weakly imbricate or valvate, adaxially glandular or pitted near base, apex often apiculate to attenuate; filament bases connate to 1/2 their lengths; ovary sessile, carpels (4–)5, connate; styles 1; stigmas 1. <b>Capsules</b> 4–5-locular, usually densely hairy abaxially. <b>Seeds</b> 2–3 per locule, often carunculate.</span><!--

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|distribution=sw United States;nw Mexico.
|discussion=<p>Species 3 (3 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=kelman1991a
|text=Kelman, W. M. 1991. A revision of Fremontodendron (Sterculiaceae). Syst. Bot. 16: 3–20.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=kelman2006a
|text=Kelman, W. M. et al. 2006. Genetic relationships among Fremontodendron (Sterculiaceae) populations of the central Sierra Nevada foothills of California. Madroño 53: 380–387.
}}
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Plants decumbent, to 10+ dm; pedicels 10–27 mm; sepals usually coppery to orange, rarely yellow.
|[[Fremontodendron decumbens|Fremontodendron decumbens]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Plants erect, mostly 15–100 dm; pedicels 4–18 mm; sepals usually orange to yellow
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Leaf blade bases cuneate to rounded or weakly cordate; sepals usually yellow, lobes sometimes red at bases and margins, gland/pit borders usually setose; seeds usually carunculate, hairy.
|[[Fremontodendron californicum|Fremontodendron californicum]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Leaf blade bases notably cordate; sepals usually orange, lobes sometimes reddish at bases and along veins, gland/pit borders rarely setose; seeds rarely carunculate, usually glabrous.
|[[Fremontodendron mexicanum|Fremontodendron mexicanum]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Fremontodendron
|author=John L. Strother
|authority=Coville
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subfamily
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Fremontia
|family=Malvaceae
|distribution=sw United States;nw Mexico.
|reference=kelman1991a;kelman2006a
|publication title=Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.
|publication year=1893
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V6/V6_344.xml
|subfamily=Malvaceae subfam. Bombacoideae
|genus=Fremontodendron
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