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Barnebya

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Barnebya
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Malpighiaceae
Genus: Barnebya
W.R.Anderson & B.Gates
Species

Barnebya is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Barnebya comprises 2 species of trees and woody vines native to eastern Brazil. The genus is named in honor of the American botanist Rupert Charles Barneby (1911–2006).

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  • Barnebya
  • Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature
  • Anderson, W. R., and B. Gates. 1981. Barnebya, a new genus of Malpighiaceae from Brazil. Brittonia 33: 275–284. 1981.