Subsection Sericeae T.Boza & M.Kessler sect. nov.

Diagnosis.

Trees; 2-7 lateral leaflet pairs; lower leaflets sericeous or villous; fruits with flattened spines, densely sericeous or villous.

Type.

Polylepis sericea Wedd.

Note.

The subsectional epithet Sericeae is a plural adjective agreeing in gender with Polylepis .