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Heteropterys

de Almeida, Rafael F.;de Morais, Isa L.;Alves-Silva, Thais;Antonio-Domingues, Higor;Pellegrini, Marco O. O.

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Heteropterys

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Heteropterys is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malpighiaceae. The genus Heteropterys comprises over 140 species of woody vines, shrubs, and small trees found in the New World tropics and subtropics from northern Mexico and the West Indies to northern Argentina and southeastern Brazil. One widespread, mostly Caribbean species, H. leona, is also found in low wet places along the coast of West Africa from Senegal to Angola.

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It is catalogued under topics including Malpighiaceae and Malpighiaceae genera.

Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderMalpighiales
  5. FamilyMalpighiaceae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
3,723
With media
925
Family
Malpighiaceae
Collections
UACH, IIB-UV, INECOL, NY, UJAT, SD
Recorded in
Mexico, Brazil, United States, Peru, Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Brasil

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Malpighiaceae
Image
Heteropterys chrysophylla Malpighiaceae.jpg
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Commons category
Heteropterys
taxon name
Heteropterys
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Heteropterys
taxon common name
异翅藤属
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Heteropterys is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malpighiaceae. The genus Heteropterys comprises over 140 species of woody vines, shrubs, and small trees found in the New World tropics and subtropics from northern Mexico and the West Indies to northern Argentina and southeastern Brazil. One widespread, mostly Caribbean species, H. leona, is also found in low wet places along the coast of West Africa from Senegal to Angola.

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Heteropterys” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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