Biology:Madagasikaria

From HandWiki
Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Madagasikaria
Madagasikaria.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Malpighiaceae
Genus: Madagasikaria
C.Davis
Species:
M. andersonii
Binomial name
Madagasikaria andersonii
C.Davis

Madagasikaria is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Madagasikaria contains only one species (Madagasikaria andersonii) of woody vine native to deciduous seasonally dry forest of Madagascar .

References

  • Davis, C. 2002. Madagasikaria (Malpighiaceae): a new genus from Madagascar with implications for floral evolution in Malpighiaceae. American Journal of Botany 89: 699–706.

External links

Wikidata ☰ {{{from}}} entry