Malpighia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Malpighiaceae
Genus: Malpighia
Species: M. acunana – M. acutifolia – M. adamsii – M. albiflora – M. apiculata – M. aquifolia – M. arborescens – M. articulata – M. aurea – M. bahamensis – M. baracoensis – M. bissei – M. cajalbanensis – M. caribaea – M. cauliflora – M. cnide – M. coccigera – M. cornistipulata – M. cristalensis – M. cubensis – M. cuneiformis – M. davilae – M. dentata – M. diversifolia – M. dura – M. emarginata – M. emiliae – M. epedunculata – M. erinacea – M. fucata – M. galeottiana – M. glabra – M. granitica – M. habanensis – M. harrisii – M. higueyensis – M. hintonii – M. hispaniolica – M. hondurensis – M. horrida – M. humilis – M. incana – M. infestissima – M. jaguensis – M. latifolia – M. leticiana – M. linearifolia – M. linearis – M. longifolia – M. lundellii – M. macracantha – M. macrocarpa – M. manacensis – M. martiana – M. martinicensis – M. maxima – M. megacantha – M. mexicana – M. meyeriana – M. micropetala – M. moncionensis – M. montecristensis – M. mucronata – M. multiflora – M. mutabilis – M. nayaritensis – M. neglecta – M. novogaliciana – M. nummulariifolia – M. obtusifolia – M. ophiticola – M. ovata – M. oxycocca – M. pallidior – M. pasorealensis – M. polytricha – M. proctorii – M. pusillifolia – M. racemiflora – M. racemosa – M. revoluta – M. reyensis – M. roigiana – M. romeroana – M. rzedowskii – M. serpentinicola – M. sessilifolia – M. setosa – M. souzae – M. spathulifolia – M. squarrosa – M. stevensii – M. suberosa – M. subpilosa – M. tomentosa – M. torulosa – M. tunensis – M. urens – M. variifolia – M. velutina – M. verruculosa – M. vertientensis – M. watsonii – M. wendtii – M. wilburiorum – M. woodburyana – M. wrightiana – M. yucatanaea

Name

Malpighia L.. Sp. Pl. 1: 425. (1753)

Type species: Malpighia glabra L., Sp. Pl. 1: 425. (1753)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Rudolphia Medik., Malv. 111 (1787)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Tropical & Subtropical America
- - Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Windward Is.
- Introduced into:
  - Bangladesh, Jawa, Laos, Marianas, New Caledonia, Peru

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 425. Reference page.

Additional references

Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Malpighia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sept. 4. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Malpighia. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 4 2020.
Malpighia – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
Tropicos.org 2020. Malpighia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 4 Sept. 2020.
Tropicos.org: Vascular Plants of the Americas: Malpighia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sept. 3.

Vernacular names

suomi: Akerolat