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

50C59816-A6DE-5A75-B42C-F51B5329BF32

Racemosae

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T.Boza & M.Kessler

sect. nov.

Diagnosis.

Trees; 1–3 lateral leaflet pairs; lower leaflet surfaces glabrous or densely lanate, tomentose or villous; fruits with 2–5 irregular flattened ridges with a series of spines, densely pilose, tomentose or villous.

Type.

Polylepisracemosa Ruiz & Pav.

Note.

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