''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,

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of mainlan ...

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 ...

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, Australia, 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 The Celastraceae (staff-vine or bittersweet) are a family of 97 genera and 1,350 species of herbs, vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales. The great majority of the genera are tropical, with only ''Celastrus'' (the sta ...

., 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'' - insular Southeast Asia,

, Queensland ** subsp. ''moluccana'' ** subsp. ''philippinensis'' * '' Perrottetia arisanensis'' -

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the C ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

* '' Perrottetia caliensis'' - Colombia * '' Perrottetia calva'' - 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 describ ...

'' - 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 describ ...

'' - Colombia * ''

Perrottetia excelsa ''Perrottetia excelsa'' is a species of plant in the plant order Huerteales. It is endemic to Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country s ...

'' - 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 describ ...

'' - 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 describ ...

'' - 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 describ ...

'' - 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 describ ...

'' - 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 describ ...

'' - 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 ...

'' - 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 describ ...

'' - C + S Mexico * '' Perrottetia quinduensis'' - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia * '' Perrottetia racemosa'' - S China * '' Perrottetia sandwicensis'' – Olomea or Waimea -

* ''

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 describ ...

'' - Chiapas, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru * '' Perrottetia simplicissima'' - Colombia

References

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