Microtea
Genus of Caryophyllales plants
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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 tropical South America.[2]
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| Botanical illustration of Microtea glochidiata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Microteaceae Schäferhoff & Borsch |
| Genus: | Microtea Sw.[1] |
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10; see text | |
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Species
Ten species are currently accepted.[2]
- Microtea bahiensis Marchior. & J.C.Siqueira
- Microtea celosioides (Spreng.) Moq. ex Sennikov & Sukhor.
- Microtea debilis Sw. – weak jumby pepper
- Microtea glochidiata Moq.
- Microtea maypurensis (Kunth) G.Don
- Microtea papillosa Marchior. & J.C.Siqueira
- Microtea portoricensis Urb. – Puerto Rico jumby pepper
- Microtea scabrida Urb.
- Microtea sulcicaulis Chodat
- Microtea tenuifolia Moq.
Microtea was originally placed in the family Phytolaccaceae, but is now placed in its own family, the Microteaceae.[3]