Malpighiaceae Juss.

First published in Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 252. 1789 [4 Aug 1789] (1789)nom. cons.
This family is accepted

Accepted Genera

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • APG IV (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385

The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Anderson, W. R. (2004). Malpighiaceae. In: N. Smith, S. A. Nori, A. Henderson, D. W. Stevenson & S. V. Heald (eds), Flowering Plants of the Neotropics, pp. 299–232. Princeton University Press, Princeton.
  • Anderson, W. R., Anderson, C. & Davis, C. C. (2006). Malpighiaceae. http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/malpigh/index.html
  • Davis, C. C. & Anderson, W. R. (2010). A complete generic phylogeny of Malpighiaceae inferred from nucleotide sequence data and morphology. Amer. J. Bot. 97 (12): 2031–2048.
  • Jacobs, M. (1955). Malpighiaceae. Flora Malesiana, Ser. I, 5: 125–145. National Herbarium of the Netherlands, Leiden.
  • Launert, E. (1968). Malpighiaceae. In: E. Milne-Redhead & R. M. Polhill (eds), Flora of Tropical East Africa. Crown Agents, London.

Neotropikey

  • A.P.G. [= Angiosperm Phylogeny Group] III. (2009). An update of the AngiospermPhylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. Bot. J. Linnean Soc. 161: 105-121.
  • Anderson, W., Anderson, C. & C.C. Davies. Malpighiaceae (22nd Oct (2015). http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/malpigh/index.html
  • Anderson, W.R. (2004) In: Smith, N., Mori, S.A., Henderson, A., Stevenson, D.Wm. & Heald, S.V. (eds.) Flowering Plants of the Neotropics. The New York Botanical Garden/Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 229-232.
  • Gentry, A.H. (1993). A Field Guide to the Families and Genera of Woody Plants of Northwest South America. Conservation International, Washington.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 9, 1992 Cheek, M.; Elad; Ndumbe, P. [3563] Cameroon K001412813 No
Kawasaki, M.L. [176] Brazil K001223370 Yes
Simon, M.F. et al. [1773] Brazil K001574081 Yes
Hatschbach, G. [69374] Brazil K001229139 Yes
Braga, J.M.A. [6312] Brazil K001905862 No
de Lima, H.C.; Fortes, E.A.; Faitanin, M.A.; Viana, H.B.M.; Neves Nato, N.B. [8687] Brazil K001892619 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 9113] Vietnam K001132231 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [8910] Bolivia K000073954 Yes
Rico, L.; Avendaño R., R. [2049] Mexico K000266025 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images
  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0