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Malpighiaceae
The Malpighia Family
By: Ginny
Cataldo and George Rogers
Visit the
Malpighiaceae website by University of Michigan professors Christine and William
Anderson at
http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/malpigh/index.html
Key to
Important Malpighiaceae Cultivated in South Florida
1. Leaf
blades with marginal spines, like a holly…Singapore Holly (Malpighia
coccigera)
1. Leaf
blades entire…2
2. Plants
vines…Stigmaphyllon emarginatum (and additional species of this genus)
2. Plants
shrubs or rarely trees…3
3. Flowers
reddish, rosy, purplish, or flesh-colored…4
3. Flowers
yellow…Thryallis (Galphimia gracilis)
4. Native
shrub; leaves without glands; stamens pubescent basally; styles narrowed toward
the tip…Locust-Berry (Byrsonima lucida)
4.
Non-native shrubs or small trees; leaves with glands; stamens glabrous; styles
broadened toward the tip…5
5. Small
tree (or shrub when young); leaves often emarginate (notched); calyx with 6
glands; two styles longer than the third…Barbados-Cherry (Malpighia
emarginata)
5. Shrub;
leaves not with an apical notch; calyx with 8 glands; all 3 styles of equal
length …Dwarf Barbados Cherry (Malpighia glabra (including
M.
punicifolia))
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