Diagnosis.

Taxon classification

Plantae

Rosales

Rosaceae

Boza Espinoza

Tatiana Erika

Kessler

Michael

A monograph of the genus

Polylepis

(

Rosaceae

)

PhytoKeys010820222031274

10.3897/phytokeys.203.83529

Subsection

90398B96-1487-55D3-A9B0-93635B4AA33D

Lanuginosae

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T.Boza & M.Kessler

subsect. nov.

Diagnosis.

Trees; 3–6(–7) lateral leaflet pairs; lower leaflet surfaces lanate or villous; fruits with flattened spines, densely villous.

Type.

Polylepislanuginosa Kunth.

Notes.

The subsectional epithet Lanuginosae is a plural adjective agreeing in gender with Polylepis.