Ayenia

Ayenia
	Ayenia compacta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Subfamily:	Byttnerioideae
Tribe:	Byttnerieae
Genus:	Ayenia; L. (1756)
Species
	216; See text.
Synonyms
	Buettneria L. (1774); Byttneria Loefl. (1758); Chaetaea Jacq. (1760); Cybiostigma Turcz. (1852); Dayena Adans. (1763), nom. illeg.; Dayena Monier ex Mill. (1756); Heterophyllum Bojer ex Hook. (1830), not validly publ.; Lorentzia Hieron. (1881), nom. illeg.; Nephropetalum B.L.Rob. & Greenm. (1896); Pentaceros G.Mey. (1818); Rayleya Cristóbal (1981); Telfairia F.Newman ex Hook. (1830), not validly publ.; Watsonia Boehm. (1760), nom. superfl.;

Ayenia is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It includes 216 species of subshrubs, shrubs, small trees, and lianas. They are native to the tropical Americas and southwestern United States, tropical Africa, and tropical Asia.

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