''Pterandra'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

in the

Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. It comprises about 73 genera and 1315 species, all of which are native to the tropics and subtropics. About 80% of the genera and 90% of the species occur in the New World ( ...

, a

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of about 75 genera of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s in the order

Malpighiales The Malpighiales comprise one of the largest orders of flowering plants, containing about 36 families and more than species, about 7.8% of the eudicots. The order is very diverse, containing plants as different as the willow, violet, poinsett ...

. ''Pterandra'' comprises 15

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of trees, shrubs, and subshrubs, all but two native to

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...

, principally

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

, and

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

; the exceptions ('' P. mcphersonii'', '' P. isthmica'') are from

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...

.Anderson, C. 2005. ''Pterandra viridiflora'' (Malpighiaceae), a new species from Brazil. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 24: 21–23. There are only some ornamental plants introduced in China, and there are no native varieties.

Species

These three names in ''Pterandra'' are

synonyms A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are all ...

and not accepted (Anderson 1997): ''Pterandra latifolia'' A.Juss. is synonym for ''

Acmanthera ''Acmanthera'' is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. ''Acmanthera'' comprises 7 species of trees, shrubs, or subshrubs native to Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), official ...

latifolia'' (A.Juss.)

Griseb. August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach () was a German botany, botanist and phytogeography, phytogeographer. He was born in Hannover on 17 April 1814 and died in Göttingen on 9 May 1879. Biography Grisebach studied at the Lyceum in Hanover, the clo ...

; ''Pterandra opulifolia'' Rusby is a synonym for ''

Hiraea ''Hiraea'' is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. ''Hiraea'' comprises over 55 species of woody vines and shrubs found in diverse habitats, except very dry vegetation types, in ...

opulifolia'' (Rusby) Nied.; ''Pterandra psidiifolia'' A.Juss. is a synonym for '' Pterandra pyroidea'' A.Juss.

References

External links

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

University of Michigan Herbarium. Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae genera {{Malpighiaceae-stub