Pterandra

Taxobox
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Malpighiales
familia = Malpighiaceae
genus = "Pterandra"
genus_authority = Adr. Juss.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = 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.

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External links and references

* [http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/malpigh Malpighiaceae] Malpighiaceae - description, taxonomy, phylogeny, and nomenclature
* [http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/malpigh/AcmClade/Pterandra/Pter1.html 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.