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Malpighiaceae : The Barbados Cherry Family

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The following members of this family have been documented in sources consulted on Guerrero flora: Banisteria laurifolia, Banisteria pallida, Bunchosia glandulosa, Bunchosia lanceolata, Bunchosia palmeri, Byrsonima crassifolia, Gaudichaudia albida, Gaudichaudia schiedeana, Heteropteris pallida, Lasiocarpus salicifolius, Lasiocarpus sp., Malpighia mexicana, Malpighia ovata, Malpighia punicifolia, Mascagnia govania, Mascagnia macroptera, Mascagnia polybotrya, Tetrapteris mexicana, and Thryallis muticaulis.

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List of Malpighiaceae species collected, with most common Nahuatl names

 
Genus species
 
Ameyaltepec
S. Agustín Oapan
S. Juan Tetelcingo
  Bunchosia canescens (Ait.) DC.   inextamal osto:tsi:n (not named) (not named)
  Byrsonima crassifolia (L.) Kunth   nana:ntsi:n de kokostik /nana:ntsi:n náná:ntsi:n nahna:ntsi:n
  Byrsonima crassifolia (L.) Kunth   nana:ntsi:n xoxo:hak:iksi / nana:ntsi:n náná:ntsi:n nahna:ntsi:n
  Callaeum coactum D. M. Johnson   kuwxiwtli kohxihtli tekwitlanextik de popoi:toh kuwxiwtle de komekatl
  Galphimia glauca Cav.   (not named) (not named) ko:tspanko:lo:tl
  Galphimia gracilis Bartl.   (not named) á:tpatlí (not named)
  Heteropterys palmeri Rose   kuwtsi:ntli de ma:rgari:tah nekaxa:ni:hli (not named)
  Lasiocarpus sp. Liebm.   chichi:k kuwtli (not named) (not named)
  Malpighia sp. L.   a:waxokotl áwaxókotl ahwaxokotl

 

List of Malpighiaceae species collected that were not identified by Nahuatl-speaking consultants

 
Genus species
 
Ameyaltepec
S. Agustín Oapan
S. Juan Tetelcingo
  Heteropterys cotinfolia Adr. Juss.   (not named) (not named) (not named)
  Mascagnia polybotrya (A. Juss.) Nied.   (not named) (not named) (not named)