Subsection Lanuginosae T.Boza & M.Kessler subsect. nov.

Diagnosis.

Trees; 3-6(-7) lateral leaflet pairs; lower leaflet surfaces lanate or villous; fruits with flattened spines, densely villous.

Type.

Polylepis lanuginosa Kunth.

Notes.

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