Pterocephalus

34; see text Coulterella Tiegh.

Pterocephalus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae.

It comprises 34 species[1] of herbs and shrubs ranging from the Mediterranean to central Asia, the Himalayas, and tropical Africa.

[2][1] From Greek πτερον, pteron, a wing, and κεφαλη, kephale, a head, in reference to the receptacle of the flowers being villous or chaffy.

(as Pterocephalus centennii M.J.Cannon)[4] This Dipsacales article is a stub.