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Alicia (plant)

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Alicia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Malpighiaceae
Genus: Alicia
W. R. Anderson
Species

Alicia is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Alicia comprises 2 species of woody vines widespread in South America.

It is named after the Argentine-French botanist Alicia Lourteig.[1]

  1. ^ Anderson, W. R. (2006). "Alicia". Novon. 16: 174. Archived from the original on 2012-02-10.
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  • Anderson, W. R. 2006. Eight segregates from the neotropical genus Mascagnia (Malpighiaceae). Novon 16: 168–204.