      
Taxon: Malpighia glabra L.
Genus: Malpighia
Family: Malpighiaceae.
Nomen number: 23206
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:425. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project
of the Natural History Museum of London.
Comment: non Malpighia glabra hort., pro parte (= M. emarginata DC.)
Name verified on: 22-May-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 11-Feb-2007
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Hilo (HILO).
Accessions:
7 in National Plant Germplasm System.
Check PlantSearch
database of Botanic Gardens
Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.
- acerola (Source: Native Pl Database
) – Spanish
- escobillo (Source: W. R. Anderson, p.c.) – Spanish
- More:
- More:
Native: (links to
other web resources are provided for some distributions)
- NORTHERN AMERICA
(Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas
Northern Mexico: Mexico - Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas
Southern Mexico: Mexico - Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan
- SOUTHERN AMERICA
Caribbean: Cuba; Haiti; Hispaniola; Jamaica; Netherlands Antilles
Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
Northern South America: French Guiana; Venezuela
Brazil: Brazil - Bahia
Western South America: Colombia; Peru
Cultivated:
- Adams, C.
1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica.
[= M. punicifolia L.].
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson.
2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
- Anderson, W. R.
1997. pers. comm.
[re. common names].
- Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi.
1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45.
- Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll.
1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
- Greuter, W. et al., eds.
2000. International code of botanical nomenclature (Saint Louis Code).
- Howard, R.
1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
[mentions].
- Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
- IPGRI.
New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
- Meyer, F. K.
2000. Revision der gattung Malpighia L. (Malpighiaceae).
Phanerog. Monogr.
23:156.
- Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
- Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark.
1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala.
- University of Texas at Austin, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.
Native Plant Information Network database (on-line resource).
- Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds.
1943–1980. Flora of Panama.
- More:
Synonyms:
Check other web resources for Malpighia glabra L.:
Images:
- Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
- Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
- More:
- Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
-
 Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be
inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require
specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with
properly documented herbarium material.
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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville,
Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?23206 (20 June 2013)
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