Echinopterys

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Echinopterys
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Malpighiaceae
Genus: Echinopterys
Adr. Juss.
Species
  • Echinopterys glandulosa (Adr. Juss.) Small
  • Echinopterys setosa Brandegee

Echinopterys is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Echinopterys comprises 2 species of shrubs or woody vines native to dry habitats of Mexico and is distinctive in its bristly fruits.


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