Ptilochaeteae R. F. Almeida, 2024

de Almeida, Rafael F., de Morais, Isa L., Alves-Silva, Thais, Antonio-Domingues, Higor & Pellegrini, Marco O. O., 2024, A new classification system and taxonomic synopsis for Malpighiaceae (Malpighiales, Rosids) based on molecular phylogenetics, morphology, palynology, and chemistry, PhytoKeys 242, pp. 69-138 : 69-138

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.242.117469
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11252739
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3B5A3244-BD08-5D13-8214-DB9ABBACBC8D
treatment provided by	PhytoKeys by Pensoft (2024-05-22 13:15:20, last updated 2024-11-25 23:50:59)
scientific name	Ptilochaeteae R. F. Almeida
status	trib. nov.

Treatment

2.4. Ptilochaeteae R. F. Almeida trib. nov.

Type genus.

Ptilochaeta Turcz.

Diagnosis.

Treelets to shrubs; thyrses reduced, 4 - flowered; pollen 8 - zonocolporate, styles apex geniculate to truncate; mericarp winged or setose, presence of 2 - aryl-benzofuran flavonoids, dibenzyl-butane lignans, isoflavonoids, oxacyclic compounds, oxanes, pyrrolidines, thiocarbonyl compounds, absence of organothiophosphorus compounds, thiophenes.

Notes.

Ptilochaeteae currently comprises three accepted genera, Dinemandra , Lasiocarpus , and Ptilochaeta , and ten currently accepted species (one threatened species; Suppl. material 1) of small trees or shrubs endemic to the Americas ( POWO 2024).