Malpighiodes Explained

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. LyceumsHosianum Braunsberg vol.3 on page 18 in 1908.^[1]

Species

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

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
• Malpighiodes

Notes and References

1. Web site: Malpighiodes Nied. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 18 July 2022 . en.
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . January 27, 2022.