Margyricarpus

Margyricarpus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Subfamily: Rosoideae
Genus: Margyricarpus
Ruiz & Pav.[1]
Species

See text.

Margyricarpus is a genus of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, native to South America.[2]

Taxonomy

The genus was first described by Hipólito Ruiz López and José Antonio Pavón Jiménez in 1794.[1] It is placed in the subtribe Sanguisorbinae.[3]

Species

Accepted species include the following:[2]

  • Margyricarpus digynus (Bitter) Skottsb.
  • Margyricarpus lanatus Funez
  • Margyricarpus microcarpus Funez
  • Margyricarpus pinnatus (Lam.) Kuntze


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