Biology:Christianella

Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Christianella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Malpighiaceae
Genus:	Christianella W.R.Anderson
Species
Christianella glandulifera (Cuatrec.) W. R. Anderson Christianella mesoamericana (W. R. Anderson) W. R. Anderson Christianella multiglandulosa (Nied.) W. R. Anderson Christianella paludicola (W. R. Anderson) W. R. Anderson Christianella surinamensis (Kosterm.) W. R. Anderson

Christianella is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Christianella comprises 5 species of woody vines and shrubby habit occurring in forests, roadside thickets, and shrubby savannas in southeastern Mexico, Central America, and South America.

External links and reference

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

Wikidata ☰ Q5110454 entry