Margyricarpus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Subfamily: | Rosoideae |
Genus: | Margyricarpus Ruiz & Pav. [1] |
Species | |
Margyricarpus is a genus of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, native to South America. [2]
The genus was first described by Hipólito Ruiz López and José Antonio Pavón Jiménez in 1794. [1] It is placed in the subtribe Sanguisorbinae. [3]
As of April 2021 [update] , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: [2]
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José Antonio Pavón Jiménez or José Antonio Pavón was a Spanish botanist known for researching the flora of Peru and Chile.
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