Malpighia megacantha (A.Juss.) Urb.
First published in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 403 (1919)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cuba to Hispaniola. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Malpighia urens var. megacantha A.Juss. in Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 3: 260 (1843)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Malpighia azucarensis F.K.Mey. in Phanerog. Monogr. 23: 290 (2000)
- Malpighia lanceolata Griseb. in Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 7: 185 (1857), nom. illeg.
- Malpighia urens var. lanceolata Griseb. in Fl. Brit. W. I.: 117 (1859)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0