Bia (plant)

Bia
Bia alienata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Acalyphoideae
Tribe:	Plukenetieae
Subtribe:	Tragiinae
Genus:	Bia Klotzsch
Type species
Bia sellowiana (syn. of B. alienata) Klotzsch

Bia is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1841. ^{[1] [2]} The entire genus is native to South America. ^{[3] [4]}

Species ^[3]

1. Bia alienata Didr. - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, N Argentina
2. Bia capivarensis Medeiros & Alves - Serra da Capivara
3. Bia fallax (Müll.Arg.) G.L.Webster - Peru, Rondônia
4. Bia fendleri (Müll.Arg.) G.L.Webster - Guyana, Venezuela, Amazonas State of Brazil
5. Bia lessertiana Baill. - Fr Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, N Brazil
6. Bia manuelii V.W. Steinm. & Ram.-Amezcua, 2013, Sierra de Coalcomán, Michoacán, Mexico ^[5]

formerly included ^[3]

moved to Zuckertia

• Bia cordata - Zuckertia cordata

References

1. Klotzsch, Johann Friedrich. 1841. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 7(1): 189-190 in Latin with notes in German
2. Tropicos, Bia Klotzsch
3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. Medeiros, D., de Senna Valle, L. & Valka Alves, J.V. (2013). Revalidation of the genera Bia and Zuckertia (Euphorbiaceae) with B. capivarensis sp. nov. from Serra da Capivara, Brazil. Nordic Journal of Botany 31: 595-602.
5. Bia manuelii (Euphorbiaceae: Acalyphoideae), a new species from Sierra de Coalcomán, Michoacán, Mexico