Bunchosia

Taxobox
name = "Bunchosia"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Malpighiales
familia = Malpighiaceae
genus = "Bunchosia" H. B. K.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = ca. 75 species; see text

Bunchosia is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. "Bunchosia" comprises ca. 75 species of trees and shrubs native to dry woodlands, savannas, and wet forests. Its range extends from Mexico and the Caribbean to southeastern Brazil and adjacent Argentina. "Bunchosia" is one of three arborescent genera of Malpighiaceae with fleshy, bird-dispersed fruits.

"Bunchosia" includes, among others, the following species:
* "Bunchosia argentea" (Jacq.) DC. - Peanut butter fruit
* "Bunchosia cauliflora" W.R.Anderson
* "Bunchosia hartwegiana" Benth.
* "Bunchosia jamaicensis" Urb. & Ndz.
* "Bunchosia linearifolia" P. Wilson
* "Bunchosia mcvaughii" W.R.Anderson
* "Bunchosia praecox" W.R.Anderson
* "Bunchosia tutensis" Dobson

External links

* [http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/malpigh Malpighiaceae] Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature
* [http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/malpigh/BunClade/Buchosia/Bun1.html Bunchosia]