Macairea

Macairea
	Macairea radula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Melastomataceae
Genus:	Macairea; DC.
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Siphantheropsis Brade;

Macairea are a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae, native to South America. They are shrubs with terete branches, and have four petals per flower.^[2]

Species

Currently accepted species include:

Macairea axilliflora Wurdack
Macairea cardonae Wurdack
Macairea chimantensis Wurdack
Macairea cuieirasii S.S.Renner
Macairea duidae Gleason
Macairea lanata Gleason
Macairea lasiophylla (Benth.) Wurdack
Macairea linearis Gleason
Macairea maroana Wurdack
Macairea multinervia Benth.
Macairea neblinae Wurdack
Macairea pachyphylla Benth.
Macairea parvifolia Benth.
Macairea philipsonii S.S.Renner
Macairea radula DC.
Macairea rigida Benth.
Macairea rotundifolia Cogn. & Hoehne
Macairea rufescens DC.
Macairea spruceana O.Berg ex Triana
Macairea stylosa Triana
Macairea sulcata Triana
Macairea theresiae Cogn.
Macairea thyrsiflora DC.

References

^ Prodr. 3: 109 (1828)
^ Don, George (1832). A General System of Gardening and Botany: Containing a Complete Enumeration and Description of All Plants Hitherto Known with Their Generic and Specific Characters, Places of Growth, Time of Flowering, Mode of Culture and Their Uses in Medicine and Domestic Economy: Preceded by Introductions to the Linnaean and Natural Systems and a Glossary of the Terms Used; Founded Upon Miller's Gardener's Dictionary and Arranged According to the Natural System; in Four Volumes. Vol. 2. United Kingdom: Rivington. p. 738.

[1] Prodr. 3: 109 (1828)

[2] Don, George (1832). A General System of Gardening and Botany: Containing a Complete Enumeration and Description of All Plants Hitherto Known with Their Generic and Specific Characters, Places of Growth, Time of Flowering, Mode of Culture and Their Uses in Medicine and Domestic Economy: Preceded by Introductions to the Linnaean and Natural Systems and a Glossary of the Terms Used; Founded Upon Miller's Gardener's Dictionary and Arranged According to the Natural System; in Four Volumes. Vol. 2. United Kingdom: Rivington. p. 738.

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