Dicella
Genus of flowering plants
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::summary Genus of flowering plants ::
| image = Dicella nucifera.jpg | image_caption = Dicella nucifera | taxon = Dicella | authority = Griseb. | subdivision = See text
Dicella is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malpighiaceae.
Species
The genus includes seven species, assigned to two sections.
Section ''Dicella''
- Dicella bracteosa (Adr. Juss.) Griseb.
- Dicella nucifera Chodat - found in southeastern Brazil and adjacent Paraguay and Argentina
Section ''Macropterys''
- Dicella aciculifera W. R. Anderson - known only from Costa Rica
- Dicella conwayi Rusby
- Dicella julianii (J. F. Macbr.) W. R. Anderson
- Dicella macroptera Adr. Juss.
- Dicella oliveirae M. W. Chase - all of South America from Colombia to about 19°S.
References
References
- . (n.d.). ["Dicella Griseb."](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:25664-1). *The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew*.
- . (n.d.). ["Dicella Griseb."](https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/44HC). *Species 2000*.
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