Pterandra

Pterandra
	Pterandra pyroidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Malpighiaceae
Genus:	Pterandra; A.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] There are only some ornamental plants introduced in China, and there are no native varieties.

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 A.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 A.Juss. is synonym for Acmanthera latifolia (A.Juss.) Griseb.; Pterandra opulifolia Rusby is a synonym for Hiraea opulifolia (Rusby) Nied.; Pterandra psidiifolia A.Juss. is a synonym for Pterandra pyroidea A.Juss.

References

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

External links

Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature. University of Michigan Herbarium.
Pterandra description. University of Michigan Herbarium.

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[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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