Heteropterys

Heteropterys

Taxobox
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Malpighiales
familia = Malpighiaceae
genus = "Heteropterys"
genus_authority = H. B. K.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = Over 140 species; see text

"Heteropterys" is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. "Heteropterys" comprises over 140 species of woody vines, shrubs, and small trees found in the New World tropics and subtropics from northern Mexico and the West Indies to northern Argentina and southeastern Brazil. One widespread, mostly Caribbean species, "H. leona," is also found in low wet places along the coast of West Africa from Senegal to Angola.

External links

* [http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/malpigh Malpighiaceae] Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature
* [http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/malpigh/HetClade/Het1.html Heteropterys]


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