Peixotoa

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Peixotoa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Malpighiales Family: Malpighiaceae Genus: Peixotoa Adr. Juss
Species
29 species; see text

Peixotoa is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Peixotoa comprises 29 species of vines, shrubs, and subshrubs native to Brazil and adjacent Paraguay and Bolivia.

[edit] External links and references

• Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature
• Anderson, C. 1982. A monograph of the genus Peixotoa (Malpighiaceae). Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 15: 1–92.
• Anderson, C. 2001. Peixotoa floribunda (Malpighiaceae), a new species from Paraguay. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 23: 49–52.