Ectopopterys

Taxobox
name = "Ectopopterys"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Malpighiales
familia = Malpighiaceae
genus = "Ectopopterys"
genus_authority = W. R. Anderson
species = "E. soejartoi"
binomial = "Ectopopterys soejartoi"
binomial_authority = W. R. Anderson

"Ectopopterys" is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. "Ectopopterys" contains only one species ("E. soejartoi") of woody vines native to lowland wet forests of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

External links

* [http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/malpigh Malpighiaceae] Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature
* [http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/malpigh/EctoClade/Ecto1.html Ectopopterys]

References

*Anderson, W. R. 1980. "Ectopopterys", a new genus of Malpighiaceae from Colombia and Peru. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 14: 11–15.