Bia (plant)

Bia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Plukenetieae
Subtribe: Tragiinae
Genus: Bia
Klotzsch
Type species
Bia sellowiana (syn of B. alienata)
Klotzsch

Bia is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1841.[1][2] The entire genus is native to South America.[3][4]

Species[3]
  1. Bia alienata Didr. - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, N Argentina
  2. Bia capivarensis Medeiros & Alves - Serra da Capivara
  3. Bia fallax (Müll.Arg.) G.L.Webster - Peru, Rondônia
  4. Bia fendleri (Müll.Arg.) G.L.Webster - Guyana, Venezuela, Amazonas State of Brazil
  5. Bia lessertiana Baill. - Fr Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, N Brazil
formerly included[3]

moved to Zuckertia

References

  1. Klotzsch, Johann Friedrich. 1841. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 7(1): 189-190 in Latin with notes in German
  2. Tropicos, Bia Klotzsch
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Medeiros, D., de Senna Valle, L. & Valka Alves, J.V. (2013). Revalidation of the genera Bia and Zuckertia (Euphorbiaceae) with B. capivarensis sp. nov. from Serra da Capivara, Brazil. Nordic Journal of Botany 31: 595-602.