Microtea

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

Microtea
Botanical illustration of Microtea glochidiata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Microteaceae
Schäferhoff & Borsch
Genus: Microtea
Sw.[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Ancistrocarpus Kunth
  • Ceratococca Willd. ex Schult.
  • Schollera Rohr

Species

Microtea was originally placed in the Phytolaccaceae, but now have their own family, the Microteaceae.[2] Species currently accepted by The Plant List[3] are as follows:

  • Microtea debilis Sw. (weak jumby pepper)
  • Microtea glochidiata Moq.
  • Microtea longebracteata H. Walter
  • Microtea maypurensis (Kunth) G.Don
  • Microtea paniculata Moq.
  • Microtea portoricensis Urb. (Puerto Rico jumby pepper)
  • Microtea scabrida Urb.
  • Microtea sulcicaulis Chodat
  • Microtea tenuifolia Moq.

References
  1. Prodr. [O. P. Swartz] 53. 1788 [20 Jun-29 Jul 1788]
  2. Schäferh. & Borsch, Willdenowia 39(2): 223 (2010)
  3. "Microtea". theplantlist.org. The Plant List. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
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