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

Diagnosis.

Trees; 4-6 lateral leaflet pairs; lowers leaflet surfaces lanate or sericeous; fruits with flattened or thin spines, densely villous.

Type.

Polylepis pauta Hieron.

Note.

The subsectional epithet Pauta is a noun in apposition ['Nomen vernaculum: Pauta '; fide: Hieron., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21(3): 314. 1895].