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]
| Bia | |
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| Bia alienata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acalyphoideae |
| Tribe: | Plukenetieae |
| Subtribe: | Tragiinae |
| Genus: | Bia Klotzsch |
| Type species | |
| Bia sellowiana (syn. of B. alienata) Klotzsch
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- Species[3]
- Bia alienata Didr. - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, N Argentina
- Bia capivarensis Medeiros & Alves - Serra da Capivara
- Bia fallax (Müll.Arg.) G.L.Webster - Peru, Rondônia
- Bia fendleri (Müll.Arg.) G.L.Webster - Guyana, Venezuela, Amazonas State of Brazil
- Bia lessertiana Baill. - Fr Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, N Brazil
- Bia manuelii V.W. Steinm. & Ram.-Amezcua, 2013, Sierra de Coalcomán, Michoacán, Mexico[5]
- formerly included[3]
moved to Zuckertia
- Bia cordata - Zuckertia cordata
References
edit- ^ Klotzsch, Johann Friedrich. 1841. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 7(1): 189-190 in Latin with notes in German
- ^ Tropicos, Bia Klotzsch
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bia manuelii (Euphorbiaceae: Acalyphoideae), a new species from Sierra de Coalcomán, Michoacán, Mexico
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