Christianella

Christianella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Malpighiaceae
Genus:	Christianella; W.R.Anderson
Species
	Christianella glandulifera (Cuatrec.) W. R. Anderson; Christianella mesoamericana (W. R. Anderson) W. R. Anderson; Christianella multiglandulosa (Nied.) W. R. Anderson; Christianella paludicola (W. R. Anderson) W. R. Anderson; Christianella surinamensis (Kosterm.) W. R. Anderson;

Christianella is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Christianella comprises 5 species of woody vines and shrubby habit occurring in forests, roadside thickets, and shrubby savannas in southeastern Mexico, Central America, and South America.

External links and reference

Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature
Christianella
Anderson, W. R. 2006. Eight segregates from the neotropical genus Mascagnia (Malpighiaceae). Novon 16: 168–204.

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