Carolus (genus)

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Carolus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Malpighiaceae
Genus: Carolus
W. R. Anderson
Species
  • Carolus anderssonii
    (W. R. Anderson) W. R. Anderson
  • Carolus chasei
    (W. R. Anderson) W. R. Anderson
  • Carolus chlorocarpus
    (Adr. Juss.) W. R. Anderson
  • Carolus dukei
    (Cuatrec. & Croat) W. R. Anderson
  • Carolus renidens
    (Adr. Juss.) W. R. Anderson
  • Carolus sinemariensis
    (Aubl.) W. R. Anderson

Carolus is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Carolus comprises six species of woody vines native to Mexico, Central America, the Lesser Antilles, and South America.

[edit] External links

  • Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature
  • Anderson, W. R. 2006. Eight segregates from the neotropical genus Mascagnia (Malpighiaceae). Novon 16: 168–204.


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