''Diacidia'' is a
genus in the
Malpighiaceae
Malpighiaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. It comprises about 73 genera and 1315 species, all of which are native to the tropics and subtropics. About 80% of the genera and 90% of the species occur in the New World ( ...
, a
family of about 75 genera of
flowering plants in the order
Malpighiales. ''Diacidia'' comprises 11
species of trees, shrubs, and subshrubs. Ten species (subg. ''Sipapoa'') are found on the mountains of southern
Venezuela and adjacent
Brazil; one species (''D. galphimioides'') is widespread in the drainages of the
Rio Negro and the Río Vaupés in
Venezuela,
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
, and
Brazil.
Species
External links
MalpighiaceaeMalpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature
Malpighiaceae
Malpighiaceae genera
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