Malpighiaceae

Malpighiaceae
Galphimia gracilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Malpighiaceae Juss.
Genera
See text.

The Malpighiaceae are a family of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. It comprises about 75 genera and 1300 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.

One feature found in several members of this family, and rarely in others, is providing pollinators with rewards other than pollen or nectar; this is commonly in the form of nutrient oils (resins are offered by Clusiaceae).

Genera

Acmanthera Acridocarpus Adelphia Aenigmatanthera Alicia Amorimia Aspicarpa Aspidopterys Banisteriopsis Barnebya Blepharandra Brachylophon Bronwenia Bunchosia Burdachia Byrsonima Calcicola Callaeum Camarea

Carolus Caucanthus Christianella Coleostachys Cordobia Cottsia Diacidia Diaspis Dicella Digoniopterys Dinemagonum Dinemandra Diplopterys Echinopterys Ectopopterys Excentradenia Flabellaria Flabellariopsis Gallardoa

Galphimia Gaudichaudia Glandonia Heladena Henleophytum Heteropterys Hiptage Hiraea Janusia Jubelina Lasiocarpus Lophanthera Lophopterys Madagasikaria Malpighia Malpighiodes Mascagnia Mcvaughia Mezia

Microsteira Mionandra Niedenzuella Peixotoa Philgamia Psychopterys Pterandra Ptilochaeta Rhynchophora Spachea Sphedamnocarpus Stigmaphyllon Tetrapterys Thryallis Triaspis Tricomaria Tristellateia Verrucularia

References

• Davis, C. C., and W. R. Anderson. 2010. A complete phylogeny of Malpighiaceae inferred from nucleotide sequence data and morphology. American Journal of Botany 97: 2031–2048.
• Michener, C. D. 2000. The Bees of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press. 913 pp. (p. 17-18)
• Vogel, S. 1974. Ölblumen und ölsammelnde Bienen. [Tropische und subtropische Pflanzenwelt. 7]. 267 pp.

External links

Media related to Malpighiaceae at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Malpighiaceae at Wikispecies

• Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, literature, and nomenclature
• Malpighiaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants. http://delta-intkey.com