Heladena is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Heladena includes one species, Heladena multiflora, a woody vine or sometimes a shrub or small tree native to gallery forests and woodlands of southern Brazil, Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina.
Heladena | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Malpighiaceae |
Genus: | Heladena A.Juss. |
Species: | H. multiflora
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Binomial name | |
Heladena multiflora (Hook. & Arn.) Nied.
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External links
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