1.1. 3. Pterandra A. Juss., Fl. Bras. Merid. (quarto ed.) 3 (22): 72. 1832 [1833].

Fig. 3 D

Type species.

Pterandra pyroidea A. Juss.

Notes.

Pterandra currently comprises 15 accepted species (11 threatened species; Suppl. material 1) of trees, shrubs or subshrubs endemic to non-flooded forests of the South American Amazon rainforest and Cerrado biomes, with just a single species occurring in non-flooded rainforests of Panama, Central America (Anderson 1997 a; POWO 2024). For an identification key for all species of Pterandra, see Anderson (1997 a).