Spachea

Spachea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Malpighiaceae
Genus: Spachea
Adr. Juss.
Species
  • Spachea correae
    Cuatrec. & Croat
  • Spachea elegans
    (G. Mey.) Adr. Juss.
  • Spachea herbert-smithii
    (Rusby) Cuatrec.
  • Spachea martiana
    Acuña & Roig
  • Spachea membranacea
    Cuatrec.
  • Spachea tricarpa
    Adr. Juss.

Spachea is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Spachea comprises 6 species of shrubs and trees growing in wet forests. One species (S. martiana) occurs in Cuba, 2 species in southern Central America with one of those also in adjacent Colombia, and 3 species in northern South America (including Trinidad). Spachea correae, native to Costa Rica and Panama, is listed in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.


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