Malpighiodes
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Malpighiaceae
Genus: Malpighiodes
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Malpighiodes is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Malpighiodes comprises 4 species of woody vines native to northern South America. They are found in northern Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela.[1]

The genus name of Malpighiodes is in honour of Marcello Malpighi, a 17th-century Italian physician and botanist.[2] The genus was circumscribed by Franz Josef Niedenzu Franz Josef Niedenzu in Arbeiten Bot. Inst. Königl. Lyceums Hosianum Braunsberg vol.3 on page 18 in 1908.[1]

Species

As accepted by Plants of the World Online;[1]

  • Malpighiodes bracteosa
    (Griseb.) W. R. Anderson
  • Malpighiodes guianensis
    (W. R. Anderson) W. R. Anderson
  • Malpighiodes leucanthele
    (Griseb.) W. R. Anderson
  • Malpighiodes liesneri
    (W. R. Anderson) W. R. Anderson

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Malpighiodes Nied. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  2. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.

Other sources

  • Anderson, W. R. 2006. Eight segregates from the neotropical genus Mascagnia (Malpighiaceae). Novon 16: 168–204.
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