Mcvaughia

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Mcvaughia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Malpighiaceae
Genus: Mcvaughia
W. R. Anderson
Species: M. bahiana
Binomial name
Mcvaughia bahiana
W. R. Anderson

Mcvaughia is a genus in the plant family Malpighiaceae. Mcvaughia contains only one species (M. bahiana), a shrub native to lowland Bahia, Brazil.

It is related to Burdachia.

The genus name honors taxonomist Rogers McVaugh (b. 1909).

[edit] References

  • Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature
  • Mcvaughia
  • Anderson, W. R. 1979. Mcvaughia, a new genus of Malpighiaceae from Brazil. Taxon 28: 157–161.