Bia (plant)

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Bia alienata Didr. (16340795431).jpg

|image_caption = Bia alienata

|display_parents = 3

|taxon = Bia (plant)

|authority = Klotzsch

|type_species = Bia sellowiana (syn. of B. alienata)

|type_species_authority = Klotzsch

}}

Bia is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1841.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9707072#page/197/mode/1up Klotzsch, Johann Friedrich. 1841. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 7(1): 189-190] in Latin with notes in German[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40027168 Tropicos, Bia Klotzsch ] The entire genus is native to South America.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=21920 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.

;Species

1. Bia alienata Didr. - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, N Argentina
2. Bia capivarensis Medeiros & Alves - Serra da Capivara
3. Bia fallax (Müll.Arg.) G.L.Webster - Peru, Rondônia
4. Bia fendleri (Müll.Arg.) G.L.Webster - Guyana, Venezuela, Amazonas State of Brazil
5. Bia lessertiana Baill. - Fr Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, N Brazil
6. Bia manuelii V.W. Steinm. & Ram.-Amezcua, 2013, Sierra de Coalcomán, Michoacán, Mexico[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262733542_Bia_manuelii_Euphorbiaceae_Acalyphoideae_a_new_species_from_Sierra_de_Coalcoman_Michoacan_Mexico Bia manuelii (Euphorbiaceae: Acalyphoideae), a new species from Sierra de Coalcomán, Michoacán, Mexico]

;formerly included

moved to Zuckertia

• Bia cordata - Zuckertia cordata