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Blepharandra

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Blepharandra
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Malpighiaceae
Genus: Blepharandra
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Species

Blepharandra is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Blepharandra comprises 6 species of trees and shrubs native to sandy savannas and scrub forests of Guyana, southern Venezuela, and Amazonian Brazil.