Blepharandra Griseb.

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.11243346
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2F39D044-E8EA-5F38-8AEB-1019083520B5
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scientific name	Blepharandra Griseb.
status

Treatment

1.2. 1. Blepharandra Griseb. View in CoL , Linnaea 22: 7. 1849.

= Callyntranthele Nied. , Index Lect. Lyceo Braunsbergiensis 1897: 4. 1897. Type species: Callyntranthele angustifolia (Kunth) Nied. View in CoL [≡ Blepharandra angustifolia (Kunth) W. R. Anderson View in CoL ].

Type species.

Blepharandra hypoleuca (Benth.) Griseb.

Notes.

Blepharandra currently comprises six accepted species (one threatened species; Suppl. material 1) of trees or shrubs endemic to islands of savanna (campinaranas) within the Amazon rainforest biome of South America ( Almeida et al. 2020; POWO 2024). For an identification key for all species of Blepharandra , see Anderson (1981).