Blepharandra

Blepharandra is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Blepharandra comprises 6 species of trees and shrubs native to sandy savannas and scrub forests of Guyana, southern Venezuela, and Amazonian Brazil.

Blepharandra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Malpighiaceae
Genus: Blepharandra
Griseb.
Species
  • Blepharandra angustifolia (H. B. K.) W. R. Anderson
  • Blepharandra cachimbensis W. R. Anderson
  • Blepharandra fimbriata MacBryde
  • Blepharandra heteropetala W. R. Anderson
  • Blepharandra hypolceuca (Benth.) Griseb.
  • Blepharandra intermedia W. R. Anderson


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