Kingdom: Plantae (2635)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2146)
Order: Malvales (80)
Family: Malvaceae (61)(family description)
Genus: Herissantia (2)
Epithet: tiubae (K.Schum.) Brizicky (1)
tiubae => from the Serra de Tiuba (today Serra de Jacobina), Bahia, Brasil