Blepharandra

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Blepharandra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Malpighiaceae
Genus: Blepharandra
Griseb.
Species
  • B. angustifolia (H. B. K.) W. R. Anderson
  • B. cachimbensis W. R. Anderson
  • B. fimbriata MacBryde
  • B. heteropetala W. R. Anderson
  • B. hypolceuca (Benth.) Griseb.
  • B. intermedia W. R. Anderson

Blepharandra is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Blepharandra comprises 6 species of trees and shrubs native to sandy savannas and scrub forests of Guyana, southern Venezuela, and Amazonian Brazil.

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