Malpighiodes

Genus of flowering plants

Malpighiodes

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Malpighiales
Family:  | Malpighiaceae
Genus:  | Malpighiodes
Nied.

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, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela.[1]

The genus name of Malpighiodes is in honour of Marcello Malpighi, a 17th-century Italian physician and botanist.[2] 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.[1]

## Species

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As accepted by Plants of the World Online;[1]

* 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

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1. ^ a b c "Malpighiodes Nied. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.

## Other sources

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

## External links

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* Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature
* Malpighiodes

Taxon identifiers

Malpighiodes|

* Wikidata: Q2835832
* Wikispecies: Malpighiodes
* CoL: 5KPK
* GBIF: 7285324
* GRIN: 22975
* IPNI: 30096321-2
* IRMNG: 1083467
* NCBI: 1561435
* Open Tree of Life: 5331660
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:25706-1
* Tropicos: 40012898
* WFO: wfo-4000022978

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