title: Urocarpidium
text: # Urocarpidium
  
  Urocarpidium is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family Malvaceae, native to the Andes mountains of South America. Many species originally placed in this genus were moved to Fuertesimalva in 1996.
  
  ## Species
  
  Species currently accepted by The Plant List are as follows:
  
  * Urocarpidium albiflorum Ulbr.
  * Urocarpidium jacens (S. Watson) Krapov.
  * Urocarpidium mathewsii (Turcz.) Krapov.
  * Urocarpidium pentacoccum Krapov.
  * Urocarpidium pentandrum (K. Schum.) Krapov.
  * Urocarpidium sanambrosianum D.M. Bates
  