Petrea

Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Petrea

Petrea volubilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Lamiales
Family:  | Verbenaceae
Genus:  | Petrea

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. ↑ 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.
2. ↑ "Petrea volubilis - Plant Finder". http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=287450&isprofile=0&.

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