Alicia (plant)
Appearance
Alicia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Malpighiaceae |
Genus: | Alicia W. R. Anderson |
Species | |
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Alicia is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Alicia comprises 2 species of woody vines widespread in South America.
It is named after the Argentine-French botanist Alicia Lourteig.[1]
External links and references
[edit]- ^ Anderson, W. R. (2006). "Alicia". Novon. 16: 174. Archived from the original on 2012-02-10.
- Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature
- Alicia
- Anderson, W. R. 2006. Eight segregates from the neotropical genus Mascagnia (Malpighiaceae). Novon 16: 168–204.