Peritassa

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image =Flickr_-_João_de_Deus_Medeiros_-_Peritassa_campestris.jpg

|taxon = Peritassa

|image_caption = Peritassa campestris

|authority = Miers (1872)

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = 21; see text

|subdivision_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30016061-2 Peritassa Miers]. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 25 November 2023.

|synonyms =

  • Sarcocampsa {{small|Miers (1872)}}
  • Sicyomorpha {{small|Miers (1872)}}

|synonyms_ref =

}}

Peritassa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. It includes 21 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Guatemala to Paraguay and southern Brazil.

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