Microtea

Microtea
Botanical illustration of Microtea glochidiata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family:
Schäferhoff & Borsch (2010)
Genus:
Sw. (1788)[1]
Species

10; see text

Synonyms[2]
  • Ancistrocarpus Kunth (1817)
  • Ceratococca Willd. (1820)
  • Potamophila Schrank (1821)
  • Schollera Rohr (1792), nom. illeg.

Microtea, the jumby peppers, are a genus of flowering plants in the family Microteaceae, native to the Caribbean islands, Central America, and tropical South America.[2]

Species

Ten species are currently accepted.[2]

  • Microtea bahiensis Marchior. & J.C.Siqueira
  • Microtea celosioides (Spreng.) Moq. ex Sennikov & Sukhor.
  • Microtea debilis Sw. – weak jumby pepper
  • Microtea glochidiata Moq.
  • Microtea maypurensis (Kunth) G.Don
  • Microtea papillosa Marchior. & J.C.Siqueira
  • Microtea portoricensis Urb. – Puerto Rico jumby pepper
  • Microtea scabrida Urb.
  • Microtea sulcicaulis Chodat
  • Microtea tenuifolia Moq.

Microtea was originally placed in the family Phytolaccaceae, but is now placed in its own family, the Microteaceae.[3]

References

  1. ^ Prodr. [O. P. Swartz] 53. 1788 [20 Jun-29 Jul 1788]
  2. ^ a b c Microtea Sw. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  3. ^ Schäferh. & Borsch, Willdenowia 39(2): 223 (2010)
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