Pteranthus SynonymyPteranthus Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 36. 1775 sec. Bittrich (1993c)Type: Pteranthus dichotomus Forssk.ContentNotes Notes Monotypic; northern Africa east to Iran. A member of the Polycarpaeae, clustering with Dicheranthus (Greenberg & Donoghue 2011).