''Petrea'' is a genus of evergreen flowering
vine
A vine (Latin ''vīnea'' "grapevine", "vineyard", from ''vīnum'' "wine") is any plant with a growth habit of trailing or scandent (that is, climbing) stems, lianas or runners. The word ''vine'' can also refer to such stems or runners themselv ...
s native to tropical
Americas
The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World.
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The genus was named in honour of
Robert James Petre, an English
patron of botany.
Species
The following species are currently recognized:
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Petrea blanchetiana
''Petrea'' is a genus of evergreen flowering vines native to tropical Americas.
The genus was named in honour of Robert James Petre, an English patron of botany.
Species
The following species are currently recognized:
*''Petrea blanchetiana' ...
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Schauer
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Petrea bracteata
''Petrea'' is a genus of evergreen flowering vines native to tropical Americas.
The genus was named in honour of Robert James Petre, 8th Baron Petre, Robert James Petre, an English Patronage, patron of botany.
Species
The following species are ...
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Steud.
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''Petrea'' ''brevicalyx'' Ducke
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''Petrea'' ''campinae'' Rueda
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Petrea insignis
''Petrea'' is a genus of evergreen flowering vines native to tropical Americas.
The genus was named in honour of Robert James Petre, an English patron of botany.
Species
The following species are currently recognized:
*''Petrea blanchetiana' ...
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Schauer
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Petrea macrostachya
''Petrea'' is a genus of evergreen flowering vines native to tropical Americas.
The genus was named in honour of Robert James Petre, an English patron of botany.
Species
The following species are currently recognized:
*''Petrea blanchetiana' ...
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Benth.
George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
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''Petrea'' ''maynensis'' Huber
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Petrea pubescens
''Petrea'' is a genus of evergreen flowering vines native to tropical Americas.
The genus was named in honour of Robert James Petre, an English patron of botany.
Species
The following species are currently recognized:
*''Petrea blanchetiana' ...
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Turcz.
Nikolai Stepanovich Turczaninow ( ru , Николай Степанович Турчанинов, 1796 in Nikitovka, now in Krasnogvardeysky District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia – 1863 in Kharkov) was a Russian botanist and plant collector who ...
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Petrea rugosa
''Petrea'' is a genus of evergreen flowering vines native to tropical Americas.
The genus was named in honour of Robert James Petre, an English patron of botany.
Species
The following species are currently recognized:
*''Petrea blanchetiana' ...
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Kunth
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Petrea sulphurea
''Petrea'' is a genus of evergreen flowering vines native to tropical Americas.
The genus was named in honour of Robert James Petre, an English patron of botany.
Species
The following species are currently recognized:
*''Petrea blanchetiana' ...
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Petrea volubilis
''Petrea volubilis'', commonly known as purple wreath, queen's wreath, sandpaper vine, and nilmani, is an evergreen flowering vine in the family Verbenaceae, native to Tropical America, that is valued especially for its display of violet flowers. ...
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References
Verbenaceae
Verbenaceae genera
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