Malpighiaceae

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Malpighiaceae
Malpighia coccigera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Malpighiales Family: Malpighiaceae
Genera
See text.

The Malpighiaceae, a family of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales, comprises approximately 75 genera and 1300 species of the tropics and subtropics. About 80% of the genera and 90% of the species occur in the New World (West Indies and the southernmost United States to Argentina) and the rest in the Old World (Africa, Madagascar, and Indomalaysia to New Caledonia and the Philippines).

Genera

Acmanthera Acridocarpus Adelphia Aenigmatanthera Alicia Amorimia Aspicarpa Aspidopterys Banisteriopsis Barnebya Blepharandra Brachylophon Bronwenia Bunchosia Burdachia Byrsonima Calcicola Callaeum Camarea

Carolus Caucanthus Christianella Coleostachys Cordobia Cottsia Diacidia Dicella Digoniopterys Dinemagonum Dinemandra Diplopterys Echinopterys Ectopopterys Excentradenia Flabellaria Flabellariopsis Gallardoa Galphimia

Gaudichaudia Glandonia Heladena Henleophytum Heteropterys Hiptage Hiraea Janusia Jubelina Lasiocarpus Lophanthera Lophopterys Madagasikaria Malpighia Malpighiodes Mascagnia Mcvaughia Mezia Microsteira

Mionandra Niedenzuella Peixotoa Philgamia Psychopterys Pterandra Ptilochaeta Rhynchophora Rhyssopterys Spachea Sphedamnocarpus Stigmaphyllon Tetrapterys Thryallis Triaspis Tricomaria Triopterys Tristellateia Verrucularia

[edit] External links

• Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature
• Malpighiaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants. http://delta-intkey.com