Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| Petrea
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| Petrea volubilis
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Scientific classification
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Plantae
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Tracheophytes
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Angiosperms
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Eudicots
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Asterids
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Lamiales
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Verbenaceae
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Petrea L.
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Petrea is a genus of evergreen flowering vines native to tropical Americas.[1]
The genus was named in honour of Robert James Petre, an English patron of botany.[1][2]
Species
The following species are currently recognized:[1]
- Petrea blanchetiana Schauer
- Petrea bracteata Steud.
- Petrea brevicalyx Ducke
- Petrea campinae Rueda
- Petrea insignis Schauer
- Petrea macrostachya Benth.
- Petrea maynensis Huber
- Petrea pubescens Turcz.
- Petrea rugosa Kunth
- Petrea sulphurea Jans.-Jac.
- Petrea volubilis L.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rueda, Ricardo M. (1994). "Systematics and Evolution of the Genus Petrea (Verbenaceae)". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 81 (4): 610–652. doi:10.2307/2399914. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/30319.
- ↑ "Petrea volubilis - Plant Finder". http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=287450&isprofile=0&.
Wikidata ☰ Q583410 entry
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