''Perrottetia'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the family
Dipentodontaceae
''Dipentodontaceae'' is a family of flowering plants containing two genera.
# ''Dipentodon'' Dunn - southern China, Assam, Myanmar
# ''Perrottetia'' Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt - southern China, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Queensland, Hawaii, Lati ...
described as a family in 1824.
[Tropicos, Perrottetia Kunth ]
/ref> Species occur in China
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, Southeast Asia
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, Papuasia
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It comprises the f ...
, Hawaii
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, Australia
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, and Latin America
Latin America or
* french: Amérique Latine, link=no
* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...
.[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
/ref>Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 495 核子木 he zi mu ''Perrottetia racemosa'' (Oliver) Loesener in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. 1: 224. 1897.
/ref> It is the largest genus of the recently described order Huerteales.
Taxonomy
This genus was previously placed in the staff vine family, Celastraceae., but molecular evidence has shown that it not related and better placed with ''Dipentodon
Dipentodon is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Dipentodontaceae. Its only species, ''Dipentodon sinicus'', is a small, deciduous tree native to southern China, northern Myanmar, and northern India.Jinshuang Ma and Bruce ...
'' in a separate family Dipentodontaceae.
Species and subspecies
;accepted taxa
* ''Perrottetia alpestris
''Perrottetia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Dipentodontaceae described as a family in 1824. Species occur in China, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Hawaii, Australia, and Latin America. It is the largest genus of the recently describe ...
'' - insular Southeast Asia, Papuasia
Papuasia is a Level 2 botanical region defined in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD). It lies in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in the Melanesia ecoregion of Oceania and Tropical Asia.
It comprises the f ...
, Queensland
** subsp. ''moluccana''
** subsp. ''philippinensis''
* ''Perrottetia arisanensis
''Perrottetia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Dipentodontaceae described as a family in 1824. Species occur in China, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Hawaii, Australia, and Latin America. It is the largest genus of the recently describe ...
'' - Yunnan
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, Taiwan
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* ''Perrottetia caliensis
''Perrottetia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Dipentodontaceae described as a family in 1824. Species occur in China, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Hawaii, Australia, and Latin America. It is the largest genus of the recently describe ...
'' - Colombia
* ''Perrottetia calva
''Perrottetia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Dipentodontaceae described as a family in 1824. Species occur in China, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Hawaii, Australia, and Latin America. It is the largest genus of the recently describe ...
'' - Colombia
* ''Perrottetia colorata
''Perrottetia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Dipentodontaceae described as a family in 1824. Species occur in China, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Hawaii, Australia, and Latin America. It is the largest genus of the recently describe ...
'' - Colombia
* ''Perrottetia distichophylla
''Perrottetia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Dipentodontaceae described as a family in 1824. Species occur in China, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Hawaii, Australia, and Latin America. It is the largest genus of the recently describe ...
'' - Colombia
* ''Perrottetia excelsa
''Perrottetia excelsa'' is a species of plant in the plant order Huerteales. It is endemic to Panama
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'' - Panama
* ''Perrottetia gentryi
''Perrottetia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Dipentodontaceae described as a family in 1824. Species occur in China, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Hawaii, Australia, and Latin America. It is the largest genus of the recently describe ...
'' - Colombia, Peru, Bolivia
* ''Perrottetia guacharana
''Perrottetia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Dipentodontaceae described as a family in 1824. Species occur in China, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Hawaii, Australia, and Latin America. It is the largest genus of the recently describe ...
'' - Colombia
* ''Perrottetia lanceolata
''Perrottetia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Dipentodontaceae described as a family in 1824. Species occur in China, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Hawaii, Australia, and Latin America. It is the largest genus of the recently describe ...
'' - Venezuela
* ''Perrottetia longistylis
''Perrottetia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Dipentodontaceae described as a family in 1824. Species occur in China, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Hawaii, Australia, and Latin America. It is the largest genus of the recently describe ...
'' - S Mexico, Central America
* ''Perrottetia maxima
''Perrottetia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Dipentodontaceae described as a family in 1824. Species occur in China, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Hawaii, Australia, and Latin America. It is the largest genus of the recently describe ...
'' - Colombia
* ''Perrottetia multiflora
''Perrottetia multiflora'' is a species of plant in the plant order Huerteales. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, and Venezuela. It is threatened by habitat loss
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the p ...
'' - from Costa Rica to Peru
* ''Perrottetia ovata
''Perrottetia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Dipentodontaceae described as a family in 1824. Species occur in China, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Hawaii, Australia, and Latin America. It is the largest genus of the recently describe ...
'' - C + S Mexico
* '' Perrottetia quinduensis'' - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia
* '' Perrottetia racemosa'' - S China
* ''Perrottetia sandwicensis
''Perrottetia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Dipentodontaceae described as a family in 1824. Species occur in China, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Hawaii, Australia, and Latin America. It is the largest genus of the recently descri ...
'' – Olomea or Waimea - Hawaii
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* ''Perrottetia sessiliflora
''Perrottetia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Dipentodontaceae described as a family in 1824. Species occur in China, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Hawaii, Australia, and Latin America. It is the largest genus of the recently describe ...
'' - Chiapas
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, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
* ''Perrottetia simplicissima
''Perrottetia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Dipentodontaceae described as a family in 1824. Species occur in China, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Hawaii, Australia, and Latin America. It is the largest genus of the recently describe ...
'' - Colombia
References
External links
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