Bixa

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Genus of flowering plants

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::summary Genus of flowering plants ::

| image = | image2 = Bixa orellana 2.jpg | image2_caption = Leaves, flower and fruits of Bixa orellana | taxon = Bixa | authority = L. | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = *Orleania C.Commelijn ex Boehm.

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Bixa is a genus of plants in the family Bixaceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, and South America, and naturalized in other places.

Species

The genus includes the following species:

  • Bixa arborea Huber – Brazil, Ecuador, Peru
  • Bixa atlantica Antar & Sano – E. Brazil
  • Bixa excelsa Gleason & Krukoff – Peru, northwestern Brazil
  • Bixa orellana L. – type species – widespread from Mexico to Argentina; naturalized in West Indies, parts of Africa, India, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Christmas Island, Hawaii, Society Islands
  • Bixa platycarpa Ruiz & Pav. ex G.Don – Ecuador, Peru, northwestern Brazil
  • Bixa urucurana Willd. – Honduras, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, northwestern Brazil

References

References

  1. [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=22267 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
  2. "Archived copy".
  3. Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín
  4. Molina Rosito, A. 1975. Enumeración de las plantas de Honduras. Ceiba 19(1): 1–118.

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