Malea pilosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae. It is the only species in the genus Malea, and is native to Mexico.

Malea pilosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Malea
Lundell
Species:
M. pilosa
Binomial name
Malea pilosa
Lundell[1]

Many botanists merge the species of the genus Malea into the large genus Vaccinium, where the species takes the name Vaccinium lundellianum L.O.Williams (the name Vaccinium pilosum cannot be used for this species as it already applies to a different species of Vaccinium).

References

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  1. ^ Lundell, Cyrus Longworth (1943). "New Vascular Plants from Texas, Mexico, and Central America". The American Midland Naturalist. 29 (2): 469–492. doi:10.2307/2420805. ISSN 0003-0031. JSTOR 2420805. Retrieved 18 November 2022.