
Galphimia
Galphimia is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales; the name is an anagram of Malpighia. Galphimia comprises 26 species of large herbs, shrubs, and treelets. Twenty-two species occur in Mexico, one (G. angustifolia) extending into Texas and one (G. speciosa) ranging to Nicaragua; four species (G. amambayensis, G. australis, G. brasiliensis, G. platyphylla) occur in South America, south of the Amazon Basin. Galphimia gracilis...
25 branches of this genus, most-observed first

goldshower
speciesGalphimia gracilis

Galphimia glauca
speciesGalphimia glauca

Narrowleaf goldshower
speciesGalphimia angustifolia

Galphimia speciosa
speciesGalphimia speciosa

Galphimia australis
speciesGalphimia australis

Galphimia arenicola
speciesGalphimia arenicola

Galphimia glandulosa
speciesGalphimia glandulosa

Galphimia langlassei
speciesGalphimia langlassei

Galphimia paniculata
speciesGalphimia paniculata

Galphimia brasiliensis
speciesGalphimia brasiliensis

Galphimia floribunda
speciesGalphimia floribunda

Galphimia multicaulis
speciesGalphimia multicaulis

Galphimia tuberculata
speciesGalphimia tuberculata

Galphimia grandiflora
speciesGalphimia grandiflora

Galphimia montana
speciesGalphimia montana
Galphimia sessilifolia
speciesGalphimia sessilifolia
Galphimia elegans
speciesGalphimia elegans
Galphimia calliantha
speciesGalphimia calliantha
Galphimia radialis
speciesGalphimia radialis
Galphimia hirsuta
speciesGalphimia hirsuta
Galphimia vestita
speciesGalphimia vestita
Galphimia mexiae
speciesGalphimia mexiae
Galphimia platyphylla
speciesGalphimia platyphylla
Galphimia mirandae
speciesGalphimia mirandae
Galphimia oaxacana
speciesGalphimia oaxacana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 131595.