''Malpighiodes'' 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 ...

in the Malpighiaceae, a

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of about 75 genera of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

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

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 ...

. 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 ph ...

, a 17th-century

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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 Plants of the World Online; *'' 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

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