Pineda (plant)

2; see text Pineda is a genus of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae.

[1] Pineda is unique among Salicaceae in that the species have 4-5 sepals and petals, hermaphroditic flowers, receptacular disk glands (=nectaries), and outer filamentous staminodes.

[1] Formerly placed in the heterogeneous family Flacourtiaceae,[2] Pineda is now classified in tribe Prockieae of Salicaceae, along with close relatives Prockia, Banara, Hasseltiopsis, and Neosprucea.

Pineda ovata is commonly misidentified as Prockia crucis (Salicaceae).

The following species are accepted by Plants of the World Online:[4] Data related to Pineda at Wikispecies This Salicaceae article is a stub.