Mcvaughia is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Mcvaughia contains only one species, Mcvaughia bahiana, a shrub occurring in open shrubby vegetation (caatinga) on sandy soils of lowland Bahia, Brazil. It is related to Burdachia and Glandonia.

Mcvaughia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Malpighiaceae
Genus: Mcvaughia
W.R.Anderson
Species:
M. bahiana
Binomial name
Mcvaughia bahiana
W.R.Anderson

The genus was named in honor of the American taxonomist Rogers McVaugh (1909–2009).

References

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  • Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature
  • Mcvaughia
  • Anderson, W. R. 1979. Mcvaughia, a new genus of Malpighiaceae from Brazil. Taxon 28: 157–161.