Heladena

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Heladena
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Malpighiaceae
Genus: Heladena
A.Juss.
Species:
H. multiflora
Binomial name
Heladena multiflora
(Hook. & Arn.) Nied.

Heladena is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Heladena includes one species, Heladena multiflora, a woody vine or sometimes a shrub or small tree native to gallery forests and woodlands of southern Brazil, Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina.