A new infrageneric classification for Amorimia (Malpighiaceae) based on morphological, phytochemical and molecular evidence Author Almeida, Rafael Felipe De Author Amorim, André Márcio Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Rodovia Ilhéus-Itabuna, Km 16, 45600 - 970, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil & Herbário CEPEC, Centro de Pesquisas do Cacau, Rodovia Ilhéus-Itabuna, Km 22, 45650 - 000, Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil Author Corrêa, Angela Maria Da Silva Instituto de Botânica, Núcleo de Pesquisa em Palinologia, Av. Miguel Stéfano 3687, 04301 - 012, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Author Berg, Cássio Van Den text Phytotaxa 2017 2017-07-18 313 3 231 248 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.313.3.1 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.313.3.1 1179-3163 13700828 2. Amorimia subg. Uncinae R.F. Almeida , subg. nov. ( Figs. 9 , 11 ). Type :— Amorimia pubiflora ( Jussieu 1833: 14 ) Anderson (2006: 183) . This subgenus differs from Amorimia subgenus Amorimia by its adaxially glabrous sepals; sepal glands green turning yellow to dark green; petals obovate to spatulate with a cuneate base, adaxially glabrous (occasionally distally hairy in A. septentrionalis ), straight claws; anthers usually glabrous (occasionally hairy in A. pubiflora and A. septentrionalis ); styles with apex uncinated to occasionally apiculate; and spherical pollen grains. Notes:— This subgenus includes seven species mostly restricted to seasonally dry tropical forests of northwestern and eastern South America: A. amazonica , A. camporum , A. concinna , A. kariniana , A. pubiflora , A. septentrionalis Anderson (2006: 185) and A. tumida ( Fig. 11 ).