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Malpighiaceae

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Also known as Malpighia family

Malpighiaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. It comprises about 71 genera and 1315 species, all of which are native to the tropics and subtropics. About 80% of the genera and 90% of the species occur in the New World (the Caribbean and the southernmost United States to Argentina) and the rest in the Old World (Africa, Madagascar, and Indomalaya to New Caledonia and the Philippines).

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Malpighiaceae is a family of plants within the order Malpighiales. It belongs to the class Magnoliopsida and the phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae. The family is named after Marcello Malpighi, and its taxonomic type is Malpighia. The fruit type for this family is a drupe. Common names include Malpighia Family, 金虎尾科, and วงศ์โนรา.

The family has an accepted status according to WoRMS, with the authority Juss. Records from iDigBio indicate 5,110 records and 1,121 media items, primarily from institutions in Mexico such as IEA-UAT, FC-UNAM, ECOSUR, CICY, and STDOM. GBIF data reports 456,901 occurrences, while PubMed lists 811 publications. The family is referenced by 638 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 39 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, PubMed, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Malpighiaceae

FAMILY

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderMalpighiales
  5. FamilyMalpighiaceae
Observations recorded456,901

General: . The centre of diversity of Malpighiaceae is South America, N Appearance: A key for all Malpighiaceae genera can be found

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
5,110
With media
1,121
Family
Malpighiaceae
Collections
IEA-UAT, FC-UNAM, ECOSUR, CICY, STDOM, IBUNAM
Recorded in
Mexico

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Genera
  • References
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Malpighiaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. It comprises about 71 genera and 1315 species, all of which are native to the tropics and subtropics. About 80% of the genera and 90% of the species occur in the New World (the Caribbean and the southernmost United States to Argentina) and the rest in the Old World (Africa, Madagascar, and Indomalaya to New Caledonia and the Philippines).

One useful species in the family is Malpighia emarginata, often called acerola. The fruit is consumed in areas where the plant is native. The plant is cultivated elsewhere for the fruit, which is rich in vitamin C.

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

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