Pterandra

Pterandra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Malpighiaceae
Genus: Pterandra
Adr. Juss.
Species

15 species; see text

Pterandra is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. Pterandra comprises 15 species of trees, shrubs, and subshrubs, all but two native to South America, principally Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil; the exceptions (P. mcphersonii, P. isthmica) are from Panama.[1][2]

Species

  • Pterandra andersonii C. E. Anderson
  • Pterandra arborea Ducke
  • Pterandra colombiana C. E. Anderson
  • Pterandra egleri W. R. Anderson
  • Pterandra evansii Cuatrec.
  • Pterandra flavescens Maguire
  • Pterandra guianensis W. R. Anderson
  • Pterandra hatschbachii W. R. Anderson
  • Pterandra hirsuta C. E. Anderson
  • Pterandra isthmica Cuatrec. & Croat
  • Pterandra mcphersonii C. E. Anderson
  • Pterandra pyroidea Adr. Juss.
  • Pterandra sericea W. R. Anderson
  • Pterandra ultramontana Cuatrec.
  • Pterandra viridiflora C. E. Anderson

These three names in Pterandra are synonyms and not accepted (Anderson 1997): Pterandra latifolia Adr. Juss. is synonym for Acmanthera latifolia (Adr. Juss.) Griseb.; Pterandra opulifolia Rusby is a synonym for Hiraea opulifolia (Rusby) Nied.; Pterandra psidiifolia Adr. Juss. is a synonym for Pterandra pyroidea Adr. Juss. — See "Synonym (taxonomy)" for definition of synonym in botanical nomenclature.

References

  1. ^ Anderson, C. 1997. Revision of Pterandra (Malpighiaceae). Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 21: 1–27.
  2. ^ Anderson, C. 2005. Pterandra viridiflora (Malpighiaceae), a new species from Brazil. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 24: 21–23.

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