Lophanthera

Taxobox
name = "Lophanthera"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Malpighiales
familia = Malpighiaceae
genus = "Lophanthera"
genus_authority = Adr. Juss.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"Lophanthera hammelii" W. R. Anderson
*"Lophanthera lactescens" Ducke
*"Lophanthera longifolia" (H.B.K.) Griseb.
*"Lophanthera pendula" Ducke
*"Lophanthera spruceana" Nied.

"Lophanthera" is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. "Lophanthera" comprises 5 species of shrubs and trees, all but one native to Amazonian South America; the exception ("L. hammelii") is from Costa Rica. "Lophanthera lactescens" has become popular in recent decades as a cultivated ornamental in many warm regions of the Old and New World. It is propagated by cuttings and seeds.

External links

* [http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/malpigh Malpighiaceae] Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature
* [http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/malpigh/GalClade/Lophanthera/Loph1.html Lophanthera]