Bia

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamilia: Acalyphoideae
Tribus: Plukenetieae
Subtribus: Tragiinae
Genus: Bia
Species: B. alienata – B. capivarensis – B. fallax – B. fendleri – B. lessertiana
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Bia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jun 09. Reference page.

Name

Bia Klotzsch, Arch. Naturgesch. 7: 189 (1841).
References
Primary references

Klotzsch, J.F., 1841. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 7: 189.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Bia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jun 09. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Bia. Published online. Accessed: Jun 09 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Bia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jun 09. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Bia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 Jun 2020.

Vernacular names

Bia is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1841.[1][2] The entire genus is native to South America.[3][4]

Species[3]

Bia alienata Didr. - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, N Argentina
Bia capivarensis Medeiros & Alves - Serra da Capivara
Bia fallax (Müll.Arg.) G.L.Webster - Peru, Rondônia
Bia fendleri (Müll.Arg.) G.L.Webster - Guyana, Venezuela, Amazonas State of Brazil
Bia lessertiana Baill. - Fr Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, N Brazil
Bia manuelii V.W. Steinm. & Ram.-Amezcua, 2013, Sierra de Coalcomán, Michoacán, Mexico[5]

formerly included[3]

moved to Zuckertia

Bia cordata - Zuckertia cordata

References

Klotzsch, Johann Friedrich. 1841. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 7(1): 189-190 in Latin with notes in German
Tropicos, Bia Klotzsch
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Medeiros, D., de Senna Valle, L. & Valka Alves, J.V. (2013). Revalidation of the genera Bia and Zuckertia (Euphorbiaceae) with B. capivarensis sp. nov. from Serra da Capivara, Brazil. Nordic Journal of Botany 31: 595-602.
Bia manuelii (Euphorbiaceae: Acalyphoideae), a new species from Sierra de Coalcomán, Michoacán, Mexico