Biology:Diacidia

Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Diacidia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Malpighiaceae
Genus:	Diacidia Griseb.
Species
11 species; see text

Diacidia is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Diacidia comprises 11 species of trees, shrubs, and subshrubs. Ten species (subg. Sipapoa) are found on the mountains of southern Venezuela and adjacent Brazil ; one species (D. galphimioides) is widespread in the drainages of the Rio Negro and the Río Vaupés in Venezuela, Colombia, and Brazil .

Species

Diacidia aracaensis W. R. Anderson Diacidia cordata (Maguire) W. R. Anderson Diacidia ferruginea (Maguire & K. D. Phelps) W. R. Anderson Diacidia galphimioides Griseb. in Mart. Diacidia glaucifolia (Maguire) W. R. Anderson Diacidia hypoleuca (Maguire) W. R. Anderson

Diacidia kunhardtii (Maguire) W. R. Anderson Diacidia rufa (Maguire) W. R. Anderson Diacidia steyermarkii (Maguire) W. R. Anderson Diacidia stipularis (Maguire & K. D. Phelps) W. R. Anderson Diacidia vestita (Benth.) B. D. Jacks.

External links

• Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature
• Diacidia

Wikidata ☰ Q8355225 entry