Ectopopterys is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Ectopopterys contains only one species (Ectopopterys soejartoi) of woody vines native to lowland wet forests of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Ectopopterys
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Malpighiaceae
Genus: Ectopopterys
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Species:
E. soejartoi
Binomial name
Ectopopterys soejartoi
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References

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  • Anderson, W. R. 1980. Ectopopterys, a new genus of Malpighiaceae from Colombia and Peru. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 14: 11–15.
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