Acridocarpeae R. F. Almeida, 2024

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

2.1. Acridocarpeae R. F. Almeida , trib. nov.

Type genus.

Acridocarpus Guill. & Perr.

Diagnosis.

Lianas, shrubs to treelets; thyrses, many-flowered, cincinni 1 - flowered, bracts 1 - glandular, peduncle absent, bracteoles eglandular; sepals glandular, nectariferous; posterior petals 2, margin crenate, eglandular; connectives eglandular, anthers poricidal, pollen 3 - zonosyncolporate; styles reflexed in fruits; mericarps 1 - winged, dorsal wing more developed, chromosome number n = 9, presence of diazanaphthalenes, isoflavonoids, oxacyclic compounds, absence of tetrahydrofurans.

Notes.

Acridocarpeae currently comprises only two accepted genera ( Acridocarpus and Brachylophon ) and 38 species (20 threatened species; Suppl. material 1) of trees, shrubs or lianas endemic to Africa, Asia, and Oceania ( POWO 2024).