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Diacidia Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Malpighiales Family: Malpighiaceae Genus: Diacidia
Griseb.Species 11 species; see text
Diacidia is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Diacidia comprises 11 species of trees, shrubs, and subshrubs. Ten species (subg. Sipapoa) are found on the mountains of southern Venezuela and adjacent Brazil; one species (D. galphimioides) is widespread in the drainages of the Rio Negro and the Río Vaupés in Venezuela, Colombia, and Brazil.
Species
- Diacidia aracaensis W. R. Anderson
- Diacidia cordata (Maguire) W. R. Anderson
- Diacidia ferruginea (Maguire & K. D. Phelps) W. R. Anderson
- Diacidia galphimioides Griseb. in Mart.
- Diacidia glaucifolia (Maguire) W. R. Anderson
- Diacidia hypoleuca (Maguire) W. R. Anderson
- Diacidia kunhardtii (Maguire) W. R. Anderson
- Diacidia rufa (Maguire) W. R. Anderson
- Diacidia steyermarkii (Maguire) W. R. Anderson
- Diacidia stipularis (Maguire & K. D. Phelps) W. R. Anderson
- Diacidia vestita (Benth.) B. D. Jacks.
External links
- Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature
- Diacidia
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