Taxonomic revision of Pachyptera (Bignonieae, Bignoniaceae)
Pachyptera DC.is a small genus of neotropical lianas included in tribe Bignonieae (Bignoniaceae).The genus has a complicated taxonomic history but currently includes species distributed from Belize to Southern Amazon.Pachyptera is characterised by four main synapomorphies, namely, a papery peeling bark, prophylls of the axillary buds organised in a