Biology:Pterandra

Short description: Genus of flowering plants

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. 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.

External links

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

Wikidata ☰ Q7256676 entry