Malpighia
Malpighia is a genus of flowering plants in the nance family, Malpighiaceae. It contains about 45 species of shrubs or small trees, all of which are native to the American tropics. The generic name honours Marcello Malpighi, a 17th-century Italian physician and botanist. The species grow to 1–6 m (3.3–19.7 ft) tall, with a dense, often thorny crown. The leaves are evergreen, simple, 0.5–15 cm (0.20–5.91 in) long, with an entire or serrated margin. The flowers are solitary or in...
54 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Acerola
speciesMalpighia emarginata
wild crapemyrtle
speciesMalpighia glabra
miniature holly
speciesMalpighia coccigera
Malpighia linearis
speciesMalpighia linearis
Gulf Malpighia
speciesMalpighia diversifolia
Malpighia mexicana
speciesMalpighia mexicana
Malpighia cubensis
speciesMalpighia cubensis
Malpighia woodburyana
speciesMalpighia woodburyana
Malpighia spathulifolia
speciesMalpighia spathulifolia
Malpighia fucata
speciesMalpighia fucata
Malpighia setosa
speciesMalpighia setosa
Malpighia albiflora
speciesMalpighia albiflora
Malpighia suberosa
speciesMalpighia suberosa
Malpighia caribaea
speciesMalpighia caribaea
Malpighia cnide
speciesMalpighia cnide
Malpighia galeottiana
speciesMalpighia galeottiana
Malpighia urens
speciesMalpighia urens
Malpighia romeroana
speciesMalpighia romeroana
Malpighia infestissima
speciesMalpighia infestissima
Malpighia inclinata
speciesMalpighia inclinata
Malpighia martinicensis
speciesMalpighia martinicensis
Malpighia lundellii
speciesMalpighia lundellii
Malpighia cuneiformis
speciesMalpighia cuneiformis
Malpighia aquifolia
speciesMalpighia aquifolia
Malpighia macrocarpa
speciesMalpighia macrocarpa
Malpighia ovata
speciesMalpighia ovata
Malpighia souzae
speciesMalpighia souzae
Malpighia wilburiorum
speciesMalpighia wilburiorum
Malpighia harrisii
speciesMalpighia harrisii
Malpighia stevensii
speciesMalpighia stevensii
Malpighia linearifolia
speciesMalpighia linearifolia
Malpighia polytricha
speciesMalpighia polytricha
Malpighia baracoensis
speciesMalpighia baracoensis
Malpighia wrightiana
speciesMalpighia wrightiana
Malpighia proctorii
speciesMalpighia proctorii
Malpighia cauliflora
speciesMalpighia cauliflora
Malpighia emiliae
speciesMalpighia emiliae
Malpighia incana
speciesMalpighia incana
Malpighia obtusifolia
speciesMalpighia obtusifolia
Malpighia novogaliciana
speciesMalpighia novogaliciana
Malpighia davilae
speciesMalpighia davilae
Malpighia leticiana
speciesMalpighia leticiana
Malpighia rzedowskii
speciesMalpighia rzedowskii
Malpighia sessilifolia
speciesMalpighia sessilifolia
Malpighia watsonii
speciesMalpighia watsonii
Malpighia granitica
speciesMalpighia granitica
Malpighia hintonii
speciesMalpighia hintonii
Malpighia nayaritensis
speciesMalpighia nayaritensis
Malpighia tomentosa
speciesMalpighia tomentosa
Malpighia latifolia
speciesMalpighia latifolia
Malpighia yucatanaea
speciesMalpighia yucatanaea
Malpighia verruculosa
speciesMalpighia verruculosa
Malpighia megacantha
speciesMalpighia megacantha
Malpighia wendtii
speciesMalpighia wendtii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 137588.