Pterandra
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Pterandra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
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 (G. mcphersonii, G. isthmica) are from Panama.


Species

External links and references

  • Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature
  • Pterandra
  • 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.


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