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Mcvaughia

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Mcvaughia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Malpighiaceae
Genus: Mcvaughia
W.R.Anderson
Species:
M. bahiana
Binomial name
Mcvaughia bahiana
W.R.Anderson

Mcvaughia is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Mcvaughia contains only one species, Mcvaughia bahiana, a shrub occurring in open shrubby vegetation (caatinga) on sandy soils of lowland Bahia, Brazil. It is related to Burdachia and Glandonia.

The genus was named in honor of the American taxonomist Rogers McVaugh (1909–2009).

References

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  • Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature
  • Mcvaughia
  • Anderson, W. R. 1979. Mcvaughia, a new genus of Malpighiaceae from Brazil. Taxon 28: 157–161.