Pterophylla is a genus of trees of the family Cunoniaceae, with species found growing naturally in Madagascar, Malesia, Papuasia, and the Pacific Islands, formerly included in Weinmannia.

They are also found in subtropical and temperate forest in New Zealand between 300 and 1180 metres elevation.

[3] A phylogenomic study by Pillon et al. (2021) concluded that Weinmannia was paraphyletic, and formed two distinct clades.

Section Weinmannia, which includes species from the Americas and the Mascarene Islands, is sister to the Old World assemblage.

[4] There are 68 accepted species,[1] which are divided among four sections – Pterophylla (formerly Fasciculatae), Leiospermum, Spicatae, and Inspersae.