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:
- 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
- ^ 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.