Hiraeeae A . Juss., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 13: 255. 1840

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

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scientific name	Hiraeeae A . Juss., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 13: 255. 1840
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Treatment

2.6. Hiraeeae A. Juss., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 13: 255. 1840 , as “ Hireae ”, emend. nov. R. F. Almeida.

Type genus.

Hiraea Jacq.

Diagnosis.

Lianas; leaf blades with apex glandular; thyrses, many-flowered; pollen 4–12 - pantocolporate (porate in Psychopterys ); styles with apex uncinate, stigma lateral; mericarps winged, 2 lateral wings more developed than the dorsal, usually butterfly-shaped, presence of piperidines, absence of benzofurans, benzopyrans, dithiols, furanoid lignans, hydroxy acids and derivatives, naphthopyrans, pteridines and derivatives, pyrimidine nucleosides.

Notes.

Hiraeeae currently comprises five accepted genera, Adelphia , Excentradenia , Hiraea , Lophopterys and Psychopterys , and 105 species (54 threatened species; Suppl. material 1) of lianas or shrubs endemic to the Americas ( POWO 2024).