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Malpighia

The genus Malpighia is in the family Malpighiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Malpighia

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Malpighia albiflora (Cuatrec.) Cuatrec. Accepted M TRO
Malpighia apiculata Urb. Accepted M TRO
Malpighia aquifolia L. Accepted M TRO
Malpighia cnide Spreng. Accepted M TRO
Malpighia coccigera L. Accepted M TRO
Malpighia cristalensis (F.K. Mey.) F.K. Mey. Accepted M TRO
Malpighia cubensis Kunth Accepted M TRO
Malpighia emarginata DC. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Malpighia emiliae W.R. Anderson Accepted M TRO
Malpighia fucata Ker Gawl. Accepted M TRO
Malpighia glabra L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Malpighia heterophylla Griseb. Accepted M TRO
Malpighia hispaniolica F.K. Mey. Accepted M TRO
Malpighia horrida Small Accepted M TRO
Malpighia incana Mill. Accepted M TRO
Malpighia infestissima Rich. ex Nied. Accepted M TRO
Malpighia lancifolia (Nied.) F.K. Mey. Accepted M TRO
Malpighia linearis Jacq. Accepted M TRO
Malpighia martiana Acuña & Roíg Accepted M TRO
Malpighia martinicensis Jacq. Accepted M TRO
Malpighia megacantha (A. Juss.) Urb. Accepted M TRO
Malpighia mexicana A. Juss. Accepted M TRO
Malpighia nayaritensis (Vivaldi) F.K. Mey. Accepted M TRO
Malpighia novogaliciana W.R. Anderson Accepted M TRO
Malpighia ovalis (Ekman & Nied.) F.K. Mey. Accepted M TRO
Malpighia ovata Rose Accepted M TRO
Malpighia oxycocca Griseb. Accepted M TRO
Malpighia polytricha A. Juss. Accepted M TRO
Malpighia pusillifolia (Ekman & Nied.) F.K. Mey. Accepted M TRO
Malpighia romeroana Cuatrec. Accepted M TRO
Malpighia souzae Miranda Accepted M TRO
Malpighia substrigosa F.K. Mey. Accepted M TRO
Malpighia tomentosa Pav. ex Moric. Accepted M TRO
Malpighia urens L. Accepted M TRO
Malpighia velutina Ekman & Nied. Accepted M TRO
Malpighia verruculosa W.R. Anderson Accepted M TRO
Malpighia watsonii Rose Accepted M TRO
Malpighia wendtii W.R. Anderson Accepted M TRO
Malpighia wilburiorum W.R. Anderson Accepted M TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 252 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Malpighia. Of these 39 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 49 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Malpighia. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 252 species names for the genus Malpighia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 39 15.5%
Synonym 88 34.9%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 125 49.6%

All names

The status of the 301 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Malpighia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 44 14.6%
Synonym 132 43.9%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 125 41.5%

The confidence with which the status of the 252 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Malpighia, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 39 83 0 0 122 48.4%
Low confidence 0 5 0 125 130 51.6%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Malpighia, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 37 71 0 2 0 110 43.7%
WCSP (in review) 2 17 0 123 0 142 56.3%