Perebea

Genus of flowering plants

Perebea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Perebea
Aubl.[1]
Species[2]

10; see text

Synonyms[2]

Noyera Trécul (1847)

Perebea is a genus of flowering plants in mulberry family, Moraceae. It includes ten species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Nicaragua to Bolivia and central Brazil.[2]

Species

Ten species are accepted.[2]

  • Perebea angustifolia (Poepp. & Endl.) C.C.Berg
  • Perebea guianensis Aubl. (type)
  • Perebea hispidula Standl.
  • Perebea humilis C.C.Berg
  • Perebea longepedunculata C.C.Berg
  • Perebea mennegae C.C.Berg
  • Perebea mollis (Poepp. & Endl.) Huber
  • Perebea rubra (Trécul) C.C.Berg
    • Perebea rubra subsp. glabrifolia (Ducke) C.C.Berg (syn. Perebea glabrifolia (Ducke) C.C.Berg)
    • Perebea rubra subsp. rubra
  • Perebea tessmannii Mildbr.
  • Perebea xanthochyma H.Karst.

References

  1. ^ The genus Perebea, and its type P. guianensis, were originally described and published in Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise 2: 952. 1775. "Name - Perebea Aubl". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: MOBOT. Retrieved December 20, 2012. Type Specimens: T: Perebea guianensis Aubl.
  2. ^ a b c d "Perebea Aubl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

External links

  • Original genus description by Fusée Aublet
  • Illustration of Perebea guianensis (as Castilla australis Hemsley) from Hooker’s Icones Plantarum, vol. 27: t. 2676 (1901)
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