Digoniopterys is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Digoniopterys contains only one species, Digoniopterys microphylla, a shrub known only from shrubby vegetation on sand dunes near the southwestern coast of Madagascar.
Digoniopterys | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Malpighiaceae |
Genus: | Digoniopterys Arènes |
Species: | D. microphylla
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Binomial name | |
Digoniopterys microphylla Arènes
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- Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature