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Spachea

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Malpighiaceae

Order
  
Malpighiales

Rank
  
Genus

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Spachea is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Spachea comprises 6 species of shrubs and trees growing in wet forests. One species (S. martiana) occurs in Cuba, 2 species in southern Central America with one of those also in adjacent Colombia, and 3 species in northern South America (including Trinidad). Spachea correae, native to Costa Rica and Panama, is listed in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

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Spachea Wikipedia