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Pterandra
Sign in to savePterandra 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
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilyMalpighiaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 112
- With media
- 16
- Family
- Malpighiaceae
- Collections
- INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), MO, UEG, UEFS, IAC, CEPLAC
- Recorded in
- Brasil, Colombia, Brazil, Nouvelle-CaléDonie
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- Malpighiaceae
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- Pterandra pyroidea.jpg
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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== {| |- align=top | 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 |}
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