A new classification system and taxonomic synopsis for Malpighiaceae (Malpighiales, Rosids) based on molecular phylogenetics, morphology, palynology, and chemistry Author de Almeida, Rafael F. 0000-0002-9562-9287 Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Campus Sudoeste, Quirinópolis, Goiás, Brazil & Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, Richmond, UK Author de Morais, Isa L. 0000-0001-8748-9723 Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Campus Sudoeste, Quirinópolis, Goiás, Brazil Author Alves-Silva, Thais https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0760-6019 Universidade Estadual de Goiás, Campus Sudoeste, Quirinópolis, Goiás, Brazil Author Antonio-Domingues, Higor 0000-0001-9405-1930 Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, Richmond, UK Author Pellegrini, Marco O. O. 0000-0002-8783-1362 Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, Richmond, UK text PhytoKeys 2024 2024-05-22 242 69 138 journal article 10.3897/phytokeys.242.117469 2.7. 10. Heteropterys Kunth , Nov. Gen. Sp. 5 [quarto]: 163. 1822 [1821] nom. cons. Figs 8 L, Q, U , 11 C, D = Banisteria L . , Sp. Pl.: 427. 1753 , nom. rej. Type species: Banisteria brachiata L . [≡ Heteropterys brachiata ( L .) DC. ]. = Banisteria sect. Holopetalon Griseb. , Linnaea 13: 199. 1839 Holopetalon (Griseb.) Rchb. , Deut. Bot. Herb. - Buch: 207. 1841 . Type species: Banisteria patens Griseb. [≡ Heteropterys patens (Griseb.) A. Juss. ] = Clonodia Griseb. in Martius, Fl. Bras. 12 (1): 26. 1858 . Type species: Clonodia verrucosa Griseb. (= Heteropterys racemosa A. Juss. ). = Atopocarpus Cuatrec. , Webbia 13: 454. 1958. Type species: Atopocarpus papillosus Cuatrec. (= Heteropterys racemosa A. Juss. ). = Skoliopteris Cuatrec. , Webbia 13: 451. 1958. Type species: Skoliopteris lehmanniana (Nied.) Cuatrec. [= Heteropterys complicata (Kunth) W. R. Anderson & C. Davis ]. Type species. Heteropterys purpurea ( L .) Kunth. Notes. Heteropterys comprises 166 currently accepted species (75 threatened species; Suppl. material 1 ) of treelets, shrubs, subshrubs or lianas endemic to rainforests, savannas, and seasonally dry tropical forests from North America ( Mexico ) to South America ( Argentina ), and West Africa ( Angola , Cameroon , Congo, Gabon , Ghana , Guinea , Guinea-Bissau , Ivory Coast , Liberia , Senegal , Sierra Leone , and Zaire; POWO 2024 ). There is no updated identification key for all species of Heteropterys , but for regional treatments, see Anderson (1981) for the Guyana Highland, Almeida et al. (2020) for Brazil , and Pool (in prep .) for Mesoamerica. Glicophyllum jussieuanum (Nied.) R. F. Almeida is here placed in the synonymy of G. argenteum (A. Juss.) R. F. Almeida & M. Pell. comb. nov. , due to its basionym being a replacement name for Hiraea argentea A. Juss.