Madagasikaria
| Madagasikaria | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Malpighiaceae |
| Genus: | Madagasikaria C.Davis |
| Species: | M. andersonii
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| Binomial name | |
| Madagasikaria andersonii C.Davis
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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 vine native to deciduous seasonally dry forest of Madagascar.
References
[edit]- Davis, C. 2002. Madagasikaria (Malpighiaceae): a new genus from Madagascar with implications for floral evolution in Malpighiaceae. American Journal of Botany 89: 699–706.
External links
[edit]- Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature
- Madagasikaria