Tricomaria | |
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Tricomaria usillo in Parque Nacional Talampaya, Argentina | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Malpighiaceae |
Genus: | Tricomaria Hook. & Arn. |
Species: | T. usillo |
Binomial name | |
Tricomaria usillo Hook. & Arn. | |
Tricomaria is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Tricomaria includes one species, Tricomaria usillo, which occurs in dry vegetation in western Argentina on the eastern side of the Andes.
Malpighiaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. It comprises about 73 genera and 1315 species, all of which are native to the tropics and subtropics. About 80% of the genera and 90% of the species occur in the New World and the rest in the Old World.