nance family
Malpighiaceae
Malpighiaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. It comprises about 73 genera and 1315 species, all of which are native to the tropics and subtropics. About 80% of the genera and 90% of the species occur in the New World (the Caribbean and the southernmost United States to Argentina) and the rest in the Old World (Africa, Madagascar, and Indomalaya to New Caledonia and the Philippines).
60 branches of this family, most-observed first
Malpighia
genusMalpighia
byrsonima
genusByrsonima
Galphimia
genusGalphimia
Callaeum
genusCallaeum
Stigmaphyllon
genusStigmaphyllon
Hiptage
genusHiptage
Janusia
genusJanusia
Bunchosia
genusBunchosia
Tristellateia
genusTristellateia
Banisteriopsis
genusBanisteriopsis
Heteropterys
genusHeteropterys
Aspicarpa
genusAspicarpa
Sphedamnocarpus
genusSphedamnocarpus
Peixotoa
genusPeixotoa
Tetrapterys
genusTetrapterys
Lophanthera
genusLophanthera
Acridocarpus
genusAcridocarpus
Mascagnia
genusMascagnia
Diplopterys
genusDiplopterys
Pterandra
genusPterandra
Camarea
genusCamarea
Triaspis
genusTriaspis
Hiraea
genusHiraea
Dinemandra
genusDinemandra
Echinopterys
genusEchinopterys
Tricomaria
genusTricomaria
Aspidopterys
genusAspidopterys
Calcicola
genusCalcicola
Dinemagonum
genusDinemagonum
Niedenzuella
genusNiedenzuella
Glicophyllum
genusGlicophyllum
Dicella
genusDicella
Mamedea
genusMamedea
Lasiocarpus
genusLasiocarpus
Amorimia
genusAmorimia
Cordobia
genusCordobia
Ptilochaeta
genusPtilochaeta
Bronwenia
genusBronwenia
Thryallis
genusThryallis
Philgamia
genusPhilgamia
Spachea
genusSpachea
Diacidia
genusDiacidia
Psychopterys
genusPsychopterys
Verrucularina
genusVerrucularina
Mionandra
genusMionandra
Lophopterys
genusLophopterys
Alicia
genusAlicia
Microsteira
genusMicrosteira
Mezia
genusMezia
Digoniopterys
genusDigoniopterys
Jubelina
genusJubelina
Acmanthera
genusAcmanthera
Burdachia
genusBurdachia
Malpighiodes
genusMalpighiodes
Adelphia
genusAdelphia
Blepharandra
genusBlepharandra
Christianella
genusChristianella
Heladena
genusHeladena
Flabellaria
genusFlabellaria
Carolus
genusCarolus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 62782.