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Description
Family Malpighiaceae
The Malpighiaceae are trees and lianous shrubs comprising about 60 genera and 1,200 species that are further characterized by the presence of often reddish, medifixed or variously branched hairs . The leaves are simple , usually opposite, and frequently have paired glands on the petiole or base of the blade ; stipules are usually present. The flowers are mostly bisexual and are actinomorphic or weakly zygomorphic. The perianth typically consists of two whorls with 5 distinct segments in each. One or more of the sepals usually have one or more conspicuous glands. The petals are usually clawed and the limb is typically fringed or toothed . The androecium consists of usually 10 distinct or basally connate stamens in two whorls but some or half of them are commonly reduced to staminodes. The gynoecium consists of a single compound pistil of almost always 3 carpels, 3 distinct styles, and a superior ovary with 3 locules, each containing a single pendulous, axile ovule. The fruit is variable. -- Gerald Carr.
Genus Malpighia
Small trees or shrubs with opposite leaves. Flowers bisexual , in axillary and terminal fascicles. Sepals 5, glandular . Petals clawed. Stamens long; filaments connate at the base . Ovary 3-locular; styles 3, free . Fruit a drupe.[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Geranianae
()
- (Dumortier, 1829) Takhtajan, 1997
- Order:
Malpighiales
()
- C. Martius, 1835
- Family:
Malpighiaceae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789
- malpigias
- Subfamily:
Malpighioideae
()
- Genus:
Malpighia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1753
- Malpighia
- Specific epithet:
albiflora
- (Cuatrec.) Cuatrec.
- Botanical name: - Malpighia albiflora (Cuatrec.) Cuatrec.
- Specific epithet:
albiflora
- (Cuatrec.) Cuatrec.
- Genus:
Malpighia
(
- Subfamily:
Malpighioideae
(
- Family:
Malpighiaceae
(
- Order:
Malpighiales
(
- Superorder:
Geranianae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Stigmaphyllon Albiflorum
Notes
Publishing author
: Cuatrec. Publication
: Phytologia 40(1): 36 (1978)
Basionym
author: (Cuatrec.)
Similar Species
Members of the genus Malpighia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 22 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
M. coccigera (Dwarf Holly) · M. coccigera var. coccigrya (Singapore-Holly) · M. coccigera var. ilicifoila (Singapore-Holly) · M. coccigera var. ilicifolia (Singapore-Holly) · M. coccigera var. microphylla (Singapore-Holly) · M. coriacea (Murixi Bark Tree) · M. emarginata (Acerola) · M. fucata (Palo Bronco) · M. glabra (Acerola) · M. glabra subsp. septentrionalis (Acerola) · M. glabra subsp. undulata (Acerola) · M. glabra var. acuminata (Barbados Cherry) · M. glabra var. antillana (Acerola) · M. glabra var. guatemalensis (Acerola) · M. glabra var. lancifolia (Acerola) · M. glabra var. typica (Acerola) · M. glabra var. undulata (Acerola) · M. infestissima (Cowhage Cherry) · M. linearis (Bastard Cherry) · M. setosa (Bristly Stingingbush) · M. urens (Stinging Cherry) · M. woodburyana (Woodbury's Stingingbush)
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Further Reading
- Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium. 16 1987 Ann Arbor: University Herbarium, University of Michigan, 1939- url p. 100, p. 102, p. 45, p. 46, p. 48, p. 51.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 12, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 25, 2007:
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
- Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program
- Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
- , Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
- University of Vienna, Institute for Botany - Herbarium WU, Herbarium WU
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8515732
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15599282
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:556998-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 556998-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 752210
Footnotes
- "Malpighia". in Flora of Pakistan . Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
