Adelphia (plant)

Adelphia
Adelphia macrophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Malpighiaceae
Genus:
W. R. Anderson
Species
  • Adelphia hiraea
    (Gaertn.) W. R. Anderson
  • Adelphia macrophylla
    (Rusby) W. R. Anderson
  • Adelphia mirabilis
    (W. R. Anderson) W. R. Anderson
  • Adelphia platyrachis
    (Tr. & Pl.) W. R. Anderson

Adelphia is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Adelphia comprises four species of woody vines native to the West Indies, Mesoamerica, and western South America.

  • Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature
  • Adelphia
  • Anderson, W. R. 2006. Eight segregates from the neotropical genus Mascagnia (Malpighiaceae). Novon 16: 168–204.


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