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.
| Mcvaughia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Malpighiaceae |
| Genus: | Mcvaughia W.R.Anderson |
| Species: | M. bahiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Mcvaughia bahiana W.R.Anderson
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The genus was named in honor of the American taxonomist Rogers McVaugh (1909–2009).
References
edit- Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature
- Mcvaughia
- Anderson, W. R. 1979. Mcvaughia, a new genus of Malpighiaceae from Brazil. Taxon 28: 157–161.
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