Microtea
{{short description|Genus of Caryophyllales plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = (Microtea glochidiata, Moq.)., da Coleção Brasiliana Iconográfica.jpg
|image_caption = Botanical illustration of Microtea glochidiata
|parent_authority = Schäferhoff & Borsch (2010)
|taxon = Microtea
|authority = Sw. (1788)Prodr. [O. P. Swartz] 53. 1788 [20 Jun-29 Jul 1788]
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = 10; see text
|synonyms =
- Ancistrocarpus Kunth (1817)
- Ceratococca Willd. (1820)
- Potamophila {{small|Schrank (1821)}}
- Schollera Rohr (1792), nom. illeg.
|synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:31928-1 Microtea Sw.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
}}
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.
Species
Ten species are currently accepted.
- Microtea bahiensis {{small|Marchior. & J.C.Siqueira}}
- Microtea celosioides {{small|(Spreng.) Moq. ex Sennikov & Sukhor.}}
- Microtea debilis {{small|Sw.}} – weak jumby pepper
- Microtea glochidiata {{small|Moq.}}
- Microtea maypurensis {{small|(Kunth) G.Don}}
- Microtea papillosa {{small|Marchior. & J.C.Siqueira}}
- Microtea portoricensis {{small|Urb.}} – Puerto Rico jumby pepper
- Microtea scabrida {{small|Urb.}}
- Microtea sulcicaulis {{small|Chodat}}
- Microtea tenuifolia {{small|Moq.}}
Microtea was originally placed in the family Phytolaccaceae, but is now placed in its own family, the Microteaceae.Schäferh. & Borsch, Willdenowia 39(2): 223 (2010)
References
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Category:Caryophyllales genera
Category:Flora of Southern America