Madagasikaria

Madagasikaria is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Madagasikaria contains only one species (Madagasikaria andersonii) of woody vines native to deciduous seasonally dry forest of Madagascar.

Madagasikaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Malpighiaceae
Genus: Madagasikaria
C.Davis
Species:
M. andersonii
Binomial name
Madagasikaria andersonii
C.Davis

References
    • Davis, C. 2002. Madagasikaria (Malpighiaceae): a new genus from Madagascar with implications for floral evolution in Malpighiaceae. American Journal of Botany 89: 699–706.
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