''Malpighiodes'' 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. ''Malpighiodes'' comprises 4 species of woody vines native to northern South America. They are found in northern Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela. The genus name of ''Malpighiodes'' is in honour of Marcello Malpighi, a 17th-century Italian physician and botanist. 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.

Species

As accepted by

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Malpighiodes bracteosa ''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, F ...

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Malpighiodes guianensis ''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, F ...

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Malpighiodes leucanthele ''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, F ...

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Malpighiodes liesneri ''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, F ...

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References

Other sources

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

External links

Malpighiaceae
Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature

Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae genera Flora of northern South America Flora of North Brazil {{Malpighiaceae-stub