Spachea

Taxobox
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Malpighiales
familia = Malpighiaceae
genus = "Spachea"
genus_authority = Adr. Juss.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"Spachea correae" Cuatrec. & Croat
*"Spachea elegans" (G. Mey.) Adr. Juss.
*"Spachea herbert-smithiii" (Rusby) Cuatrec.
*"Spachea martiana" Acuña & Roig
*"Spachea membranacea" Cuatrec.
*"Spachea tricarpa" Adr. Juss.

"Spachea" is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. "Spachea" comprises 6 species of shrubs and trees growing in wet forests. One species ("S. martiana") occurs in Cuba, 2 species in southern Central America with one of those also in adjacent Colombia, and 3 species in northern South America (including Trinidad). "Spachea correae", native to Costa Rica and Panama, is listed in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

External links

* [http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/malpigh Malpighiaceae] Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature
* [http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/malpigh/GalClade/Spachea/Spa1.html Spachea]