''Malpighiodes'' is a

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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

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of about 75 genera of

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s in the order

Malpighiales The Malpighiales comprise one of the largest orders of flowering plants, containing about 36 families and more than species, about 7.8% of the eudicots. The order is very diverse, containing plants as different as the willow, violet, poinsett ...

. ''Malpighiodes'' comprises 4

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of woody vines native to northern

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. They are found in northern Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela. The genus name of ''Malpighiodes'' is in honour of

Marcello Malpighi Marcello Malpighi (10 March 1628 – 30 November 1694) was an Italian biologist and physician, who is referred to as the "Founder of microscopical anatomy, histology & Father of physiology and embryology". Malpighi's name is borne by several phy ...

, a 17th-century

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physician and botanist. The genus was

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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''
(Griseb.) W. R. Anderson *''

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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(W. R. Anderson) W. R. Anderson *''

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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(Griseb.) W. R. Anderson *''

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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(W. R. Anderson) W. R. Anderson

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