Alicia (genus)

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Alicia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Malpighiaceae
Genus: Alicia
W. R. Anderson
Species
  • Alicia anisopetala
    (Adr. Juss.) W. R. Anderson
  • Alicia macrodisca
    (Tr. & Pl.) W. R. Anderson

Alicia is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Alicia comprises 2 species of woody vines widespread in South America.

[edit] External links and references

  • Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature
  • Anderson, W. R. 2006. Eight segregates from the neotropical genus Mascagnia (Malpighiaceae). Novon 16: 168–204.


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