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| Perrottetia | |
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| Perrottetia sandwicensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Huerteales |
| Family: | Dipentodontaceae |
| Genus: | Perrottetia Kunth |
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Caryospermum Blume[1] |
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Perrottetia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Dipentodontaceae.[1] The fifteen species it contains occur in Asia from China to Australia, and in the Americas from Mexico to Peru.[2]
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[edit] Taxonomy
This genus is sometimes placed in the staff vine family, Celastraceae.[1]
[edit] Selected species
- Perrottetia excelsa Lund.
- Perrottetia multiflora Lund.
- Perrottetia racemosa (Oliv.) Loes.[3]
- Perrottetia sandwicensis A.Gray – Olomea[4] or Waimea[5] (Hawaii)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Genus: Perrottetia Kunth". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2010-01-25. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?9137. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
- ^ "Extant Seed Plants/Spermatophyta". Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/orders/huertealesweb.htm#Perrottetia. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
- ^ "GRIN Species Records of Perrottetia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?9137. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
- ^ Little Jr., Elbert L.; Roger G. Skolmen (1989). "Olomea Perrottetia sandwicensis Gray" (PDF). Common Forest Trees of Hawaii (Native and Introduced). United States Forest Service. http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/forestry/trees/CommonTreesHI/CFT_Perrottetia_sandwicensis.pdf. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
- ^ "Hawaiian-English Dictionary". University of Hawaii Press. 2003. http://wehewehe.olelo.hawaii.edu/cgi-bin/hdict?e=q-0hdict--00-0-0--010---4----den--0-000lpm--1haw-Zz-1---Zz-1-home-waimea--00031-0000escapewin-00&d=&l=en. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
[edit] External links
Media related to Perrottetia at Wikimedia Commons 
Data related to Perrottetia at Wikispecies
