{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image2 = Bixa orellana 2.jpg | image2_caption = Leaves, flower and fruits of ''Bixa orellana'' | taxon = Bixa | authority = L. | synonyms_ref = <ref name=Kew/> | synonyms = *''Orleania'' <small>C.Commelijn ex Boehm.</small> *''Urucu'' <small>Adans.</small> *''Orellana'' <small>Kuntze</small> }}
'''''Bixa''''' is a genus of plants in the family Bixaceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, and South America, and naturalized in other places.<ref name=Kew>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=22267 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil {{cite web|url=http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-08-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906080403/http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/ |archive-date=2015-09-06 }}. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro</ref><ref>Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín</ref><ref>Molina Rosito, A. 1975. Enumeración de las plantas de Honduras. Ceiba 19(1): 1–118.</ref>
==Species== The genus includes the following species:<ref name=Kew/> *''Bixa arborea'' <small>Huber</small> – Brazil, Ecuador, Peru *''Bixa atlantica'' <small>Antar & Sano</small> – E. Brazil *''Bixa excelsa'' <small>Gleason & Krukoff</small> – Peru, northwestern Brazil *''Bixa orellana'' <small>L.</small> – '''type species''' – widespread from Mexico to Argentina; naturalized in West Indies, parts of Africa, India, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Christmas Island, Hawaii, Society Islands *''Bixa platycarpa'' <small>Ruiz & Pav. ex G.Don</small> – Ecuador, Peru, northwestern Brazil *''Bixa urucurana'' <small>Willd.</small> – Honduras, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, northwestern Brazil
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Category:Bixaceae Category:Malvales genera Category:Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus