Heteropterys is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malpighiaceae. The genus Heteropterys comprises over 140 species of woody vines, shrubs, and small trees found in the New World tropics and subtropics from northern Mexico and the West Indies to northern Argentina and southeastern Brazil. One widespread, mostly Caribbean species, H. leona, is also found in low wet places along the coast of West Africa from Senegal to Angola.[1]
| Heteropterys | |
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| Heteropterys chrysophylla Kunth | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Malpighiaceae |
| Genus: | Heteropterys H. B. K. |
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Over 140 species | |
References
edit- ^ Anderson, C. 2001. The identities of two water-dispersed species of Heteropterys (Malpighiaceae): H. leona and H. platyptera. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 23: 35–47.
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