Barnebya
Barnebya | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Malpighiaceae |
Genus: | Barnebya W. R. Anderson & B. Gates |
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Barnebya is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Barnebya comprises 2 species of trees and woody vines native to eastern Brazil. The genus is named in honor of the American botanist Rupert Charles Barneby (1911–2006).
References and external links
- Barnebya
- Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature
- Anderson, W. R., and B. Gates. 1981. Barnebya, a new genus of Malpighiaceae from Brazil. Brittonia 33: 275–284. 1981.
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