2.8. Malpighieae DC., Prodr. 1: 577. 1824, emend. nov. R. F. Almeida

≡ Malpighiinae Nied. in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. III, 4: 53, 71. 1890.

= Aspidopteryinae Nied. in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. III, 4: 52, 53. 1890, as “ Aspidopteridinae ”, syn. nov. Type genus: Aspidopterys A. Juss. ex Endl.

= Mascagniinae Nied. in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. III, 4: 52, 55. 1890, syn. nov. Type genus: Mascagnia (Bertero ex DC.) Bertero.

= Rhynchophoreae Arènes, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 12: 135. 1946, syn. nov. Type genus: Rhynchophora Arènes.

Type genus.

Malpighia L.

Diagnosis.

Treelets, shrubs or lianas; thyrses or corymbs; pollen 4–12 - pantocolporate (porate in the Paleotropical species); styles with apex uncinate to truncate, stigma lateral; mericarps winged, 1–2 - wings, butterfly-shaped to orbicular, rarely drupaceous or with dorsal wing more developed than lateral ones, presence of (3 ’ –> 5 ’) - dinucleotides and analogues, piperidines, absence of benzofurans, furanoid lignans, imidolactams, lignan glycosides.

Notes.

Malpighieae currently comprises 13 accepted genera: Amorimia, Aspidopterys, Calcicola, Caucanthus, Diaspis, Digoniopterys, Ectopopterys, Madagasikaria, Malpighia, Mascagnia, Microsteira, Rhynchophora, and Triaspis, and 253 species (157 threatened species; Suppl. material 1) occurring in the Americas, Africa, and Asia (POWO 2024).