Mionandra Peixotoid clade

de Almeida, Rafael F., de Morais, Isa L., Pellegrini, Marco O. O. & van den Berg, Cassio, 2023, Molecular phylogeny and character-mapping support the synonymy of Cordobia and Gallardoa in Mionandra (Malpighiaceae), Plant Ecology and Evolution 156 (3), pp. 352-364 : 352

Mionandra Peixotoid clade

Diagnosis.

Distinguished from the remaining genera of the Stigmaphylloid clade by its stipules connate, cincinni sessile and 1-flowered, and sepals completely distally revolute or involute along margins.

Notes.

The Peixotoid clade currently comprises two monophyletic and morphologically well-circumscribed genera divided into a total of 32 species. Peixotoa is the largest genus of the two, currently with 29 species ( Anderson 1982, 2001), with Mionandra comprising only four species (this study). As aforementioned, both genera share some peculiar morphological characters but can be easily differentiated based on both vegetative and reproductive characters (see Table 1 and the key).