1.2. 1. Blepharandra Griseb., Linnaea 22: 7. 1849.

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

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).