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Malpighiaceae 
Galphimia gracilis Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Malpighiales Family: Malpighiaceae
Juss.[1]Genera See text.
Malpighiaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. It comprises approximately 75 genera and 1300 species, all of which are native to the tropics and subtropics. About 80% of the genera and 90% of the species occur in the New World (the Caribbean and the southernmost United States to Argentina) and the rest in the Old World (Africa, Madagascar, and Indomalaya to New Caledonia and the Philippines).
Genera
- Acmanthera
- Acridocarpus
- Adelphia
- Aenigmatanthera
- Alicia
- Amorimia
- Aspicarpa
- Aspidopterys
- Banisteriopsis
- Barnebya
- Blepharandra
- Brachylophon
- Bronwenia
- Bunchosia
- Burdachia
- Byrsonima
- Calcicola
- Callaeum
- Camarea
- Carolus
- Caucanthus
- Christianella
- Coleostachys
- Cordobia
- Cottsia
- Diacidia
- Dicella
- Digoniopterys
- Dinemagonum
- Dinemandra
- Diplopterys
- Echinopterys
- Ectopopterys
- Excentradenia
- Flabellaria
- Flabellariopsis
- Gallardoa
- Galphimia
- Gaudichaudia
- Glandonia
- Heladena
- Henleophytum
- Heteropterys
- Hiptage
- Hiraea
- Janusia
- Jubelina
- Lasiocarpus
- Lophanthera
- Lophopterys
- Madagasikaria
- Malpighia
- Malpighiodes
- Mascagnia
- Mcvaughia
- Mezia
- Microsteira
- Mionandra
- Niedenzuella
- Peixotoa
- Philgamia
- Psychopterys
- Pterandra
- Ptilochaeta
- Rhynchophora
- Spachea
- Sphedamnocarpus
- Stigmaphyllon
- Tetrapterys
- Thryallis
- Triaspis
- Tricomaria
- Triopterys
- Tristellateia
- Verrucularia
References
- Davis, C. C., and W. R. Anderson. 2010. A complete phylogeny of Malpighiaceae inferred from nucleotide sequence data and morphology. American Journal of Botany 97: 2031–2048.
- ^ "Malpighiaceae Juss.". TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.info/Name/42000245. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
External links
Media related to Malpighiaceae at Wikimedia Commons 
Data related to Malpighiaceae at Wikispecies- Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, literature, and nomenclature
- Malpighiaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants. http://delta-intkey.com
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