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]
| Malpighiodes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Malpighiaceae |
| Genus: | Malpighiodes Nied. |
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
editAs 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
edit- ^ a b c "Malpighiodes Nied. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ^ 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
edit- Anderson, W. R. 2006. Eight segregates from the neotropical genus Mascagnia (Malpighiaceae). Novon 16: 168–204.
External links
edit- Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature
- Malpighiodes
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