Petrea
Genus of flowering plants
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Petrea is a genus of evergreen flowering vines native to tropical Americas,[2] ranging from Florida and northeastern Mexico to Bolivia, Paraguay, and southern Brazil.[1]
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| Petrea | |
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| Petrea volubilis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Verbenaceae |
| Genus: | Petrea L. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Xolocotzia Miranda | |
The genus was named in honour of Robert James Petre, an English patron of botany.[2][3]
Species
14 species are accepted.[1]
- Petrea aspera Turcz.
- Petrea asperifolia (Miranda) Hammel
- Petrea blanchetiana Schauer
- Petrea bracteata Steud.
- Petrea brevicalyx Ducke
- Petrea campinae Rueda
- Petrea guianensis Cham.
- Petrea insignis Schauer
- Petrea macrostachya Benth.
- Petrea maynensis Huber
- Petrea pubescens Turcz.
- Petrea rugosa Kunth
- Petrea sulphurea Jans.-Jac.
- Petrea volubilis L.
