Biology:Pera (plant)

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants


Pera
Pera glabrata fruits.jpg
Fruits of Pera glabrata
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Peraceae
Genus: Pera
Mutis
Synonyms[1]
  • Perula Schreb.
  • Spixia Leandro
  • Peridium Schott
  • Schismatopera Klotzsch
  • Clistranthus Poit. ex Baill.

Pera is a genus of plants in the family Peraceae native to tropical America, from southern Mexico and the West Indies south as far as Paraguay.[1][2] It first described as a genus in 1784.[3][4]

Species[1]


Species[1]

moved to Chaetocarpus

  • P. echinocarpa - Chaetocarpus echinocarpus

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. Mutis, José Celestino Bruno. 1784. Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar 5: 299
  4. Tropicos, genus Pera

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7166854 entry