Psychopterys

Taxobox
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Malpighiales
familia = Malpighiaceae
genus = "Psychopterys"
genus_authority = W.R.Anderson & S.Corso
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"P. dipholiphylla"
*"P. mcvaughii"
*"P. multiflora"
*"P. ornata"
*"P. pardalota"
*"P. polycarpa"
*"P. psilocarpa"
*"P. rivularis"

Psychopterys is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. "Psychopterys" comprises 8 species of woody vines, occasionally described as shrubs or small trees, which occur in "matorral", tropical deciduous forest, and wet forest in southern Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize. This genus is very distinctive because of its nearly radial white corollas and eglandular sepals, which are highly unusual characteristics in the Malpighiaceae of the New World.

External links and reference

* [http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/malpigh Malpighiaceae] Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature
* [http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/malpigh/HirClade/Psychopterys/Psy1.html Psychopterys]
*Anderson, W. R., and S. Corso. 2007. "Psychopterys", a new genus of Malpighiaceae from Mexico and Central America. Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 25: 113–135.