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|accepted_name=Malpighia
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 425. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Malpighiaceae;Malpighia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Malpighiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Malpighia]]</div></div>
|etymology=For Marcello Malpighi, 1628–1694, Italian anatomist
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 355, 356
|treatment_page=page 358
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form;whole_organism size;whole_organism growth form"><b>Shrubs </b>or small trees.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf prominence;gland atypical quantity;gland atypical quantity;gland quantity"><b>Leaves </b>usually bearing (0–) 2–4 [–10] glands impressed in abaxial surface of blade;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stipule position;stipule fusion">stipules interpetiolar, mostly distinct.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="corymb position;corymb density;umbel position;umbel density"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary, dense corymbs or umbels.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties=""><b>Pedicels </b>raised on peduncles.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower diameter;flower prominence;petal prominence;stamen prominence"><b>Flowers </b>all chasmogamous, 6+ mm diam., showy with visible petals, stamens, and styles;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="calyx gland atypical quantity;calyx gland quantity">calyx glands 6 (–10) (3 sepals each bearing 2 large glands, others very rarely bearing 1–4 smaller glands);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="corolla architecture or shape;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal pubescence">corollas bilaterally symmetric, petals pink, lavender, or white, glabrous [glabrate];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="stamen quantity;stamen reproduction">stamens 10, all fertile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="anther size;anther quantity;posterior-lateral petal arrangement;posterior-lateral petal size">anthers subequal or 2 opposite posterior-lateral petals larger;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="pistil architecture;carpel fusion">pistil 3-carpellate, carpels completely [rarely proximally] connate in ovary;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="style quantity;style shape;style fragility or size">styles 3, cylindric, stout;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="stigma position;stigma size">stigmas on internal angle or subterminal, large.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="fruits drupe coloration"><b>Fruits </b>drupes [berries or very rarely breaking into separate pyrenes], red [sometimes orange];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="pyrene quantity;pyrene fusion;exocarp quantity;exocarp fusion;exocarp quantity;exocarp fusion;exocarp quantity;exocarp fusion;dorsal and lateral wing prominence;outgrowth shape">pyrenes 3, connate in center or distinct at maturity but then usually retained in common exocarp, walls hard, bearing rudimentary dorsal and lateral wings and sometimes rudimentary intermediate winglets or dissected outgrowths.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="wall texture;wall prominence;wall size;x chromosome quantity">x = 10.</span><!--

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|distribution=Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 50 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Malpighia coccigera Linnaeus, dwarf- or Singapore-holly, native to the West Indies, is grown as an ornamental. Malpighia emarginata, acerola or Barbados cherry, native to Mexico and Central America, is widely cultivated for its fruits, which are rich in vitamin C.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Malpighia
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Malpighiaceae
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
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|genus=Malpighia
|anther quantity=2
|anther size=subequal
|calyx gland atypical quantity=6;10
|calyx gland quantity=6
|carpel fusion=connate
|corolla architecture or shape=symmetric
|corymb density=dense
|corymb position=axillary
|dorsal and lateral wing prominence=rudimentary
|exocarp fusion=distinct;distinct;distinct
|exocarp quantity=common;common;common
|flower prominence=showy
|flower reproduction=chasmogamous
|fruits drupe coloration=red
|gland atypical quantity=4;10
|gland quantity=2;4
|leaf prominence=impressed
|outgrowth shape=dissected
|petal coloration=white;lavender;white;lavender;pink
|petal prominence=visible
|petal pubescence=glabrous
|pistil architecture=3-carpellate
|posterior-lateral petal arrangement=opposite
|posterior-lateral petal size=larger
|pyrene fusion=connate
|pyrene quantity=3
|stamen prominence=visible
|stamen quantity=10
|stamen reproduction=fertile
|stigma position=subterminal
|stigma size=large
|stipule fusion=distinct
|stipule position=interpetiolar
|style fragility or size=stout
|style quantity=3
|style shape=cylindric
|umbel density=dense
|umbel position=axillary
|wall prominence=rudimentary
|wall size=intermediate
|wall texture=hard
|whole_organism growth form=tree;shrub
|whole_organism size=small
|x chromosome quantity=10
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