''Excentradenia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of plants in the family Malpighiaceae. ''Excentradenia'' comprises four

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

of woody vines native to the forests of northern

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the sout ...

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Malpighiaceae
Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature

*Anderson, W. R. 1997. ''Excentradenia'', a new genus of Malpighiaceae from South America. Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 21: 29–36. Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae genera {{Malpighiaceae-stub