Microtea

Microtea
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]
Species
10; see text
Synonyms [2]
AncistrocarpusKunth (1817) CeratococcaWilld. (1820) PotamophilaSchrank (1821) ScholleraRohr (1792), nom. illeg.

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]

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]

References

1. Prodr. [O. P. Swartz] 53. 1788 [20 Jun-29 Jul 1788]
2. Microtea Sw. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 21 August 2024.
3. Schäferh. & Borsch, Willdenowia 39(2): 223 (2010)