2.7. Hiptageae DC., Prodr. 1: 583. 1824, emend. nov. R. F. Almeida.

= Banisterieae DC., Prodr. 1: 584. 1824, syn. nov. ≡ Banisteriinae Nied. in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. III, 4: 52, 60. 1890. Type genus: Banisteria L., nom. rej. (= Heteropterys Kunth).

= Tricomarieae Nied. in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. III, 4: 52, 66. 1890, syn. nov. Type genus: Tricomaria Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.

Type genus.

Hiptage Gaertn.

Diagnosis.

Treelets, shrubs or lianas; thyrses, multi-flowered; pollen 4–12 - pantocolporate (porate in Hiptage and some Heteropterys); nuts or mericarps winged, with 2–4 - wings, butterfly, Y or X-shaped, rarely setose, absence of organic phosphonic acids and derivatives.

Notes.

Hiptageae currently comprises 17 accepted genera, Alicia, Callaeum, Carolus, Chlorohiptage, Christianella, Dicella, Flabellaria, Flabellariopsis, Glicophyllum, Heteropterys, Hiptage, Jubelina, Malpighiodes, Mezia, Niedenzuella, Tetrapterys, Tricomaria, and 377 species (163 threatened species; Suppl. material 1) occurring in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania (POWO 2024).