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Garcia (plant)

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Subfamily
  
Crotonoideae

Subtribe
  
Garciinae

Higher classification
  
Euphorbiaceae

Order
  
Malpighiales

Family
  
Euphorbiaceae

Tribe
  
Aleuritideae

Scientific name
  
Garcia

Rank
  
Genus

Garcia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae and of the monotypic subtribe Garciinae, first described as a genus in 1792. It is native to Central America, Mexico, Colombia, and Venezuela, and also naturalized in some of the West Indies.

Species
  1. Garcia nutans Vahl ex Rohr - Mexico from Sinaloa and San Luis Potosí to Chiapas + Yucatán, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela
  2. Garcia parviflora Lundell - Chiapas, Tabasco, Veracruz

References

Garcia (plant) Wikipedia