Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2635)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2146)
Order: Polygalales (13)
Family: Malpighiaceae (8)(family description)
Genus: Byrsonima (4)
Epithet: gardneriana A.Juss. (2)
gardneriana => in honor of George Gardner (1810-1849), Scottish naturalist (botanist) or Charles Austin Gardner (1896–1970), English-Australian botanist