Pterandra
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.
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Pterandra pyroidea
speciesPterandra pyroidea
Pterandra guianensis
speciesPterandra guianensis
Pterandra colombiana
speciesPterandra colombiana
Pterandra flavescens
speciesPterandra flavescens
Pterandra isthmica
speciesPterandra isthmica
Pterandra hatschbachii
speciesPterandra hatschbachii
Pterandra evansii
speciesPterandra evansii
Pterandra andersonii
speciesPterandra andersonii
Pterandra egleri
speciesPterandra egleri
Pterandra viridiflora
speciesPterandra viridiflora
Pterandra arborea
speciesPterandra arborea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 184810.