Microtea
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| Botanical illustration of Microtea glochidiata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Microteaceae Schäferhoff & Borsch |
| Genus: | Microtea Sw.[1] |
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Microtea, the jumby peppers, are a genus of flowering plants in the family Microteaceae, native to the Caribbean islands, Central America, and South America.
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:
- Sw. (weak jumby pepper)
- Moq.
- H. Walter
- (Kunth) G.Don
- Moq.
- Urb. (Puerto Rico jumby pepper)
- Urb.
- Chodat
- Moq.
References[]
- ^ Prodr. [O. P. Swartz] 53. 1788 [20 Jun-29 Jul 1788]
- ^ Schäferh. & Borsch, Willdenowia 39(2): 223 (2010)
- ^ "Microtea". theplantlist.org. The Plant List. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
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Categories:
- Caryophyllales
- Plants described in 1788
- Caryophyllales genera
- Taxa named by Olof Swartz