''Pera'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of plants in the family

Peraceae Peraceae Klotzsch is a family of flowering plants in the eudicot order Malpighiales. The family was segregated from the Euphorbiaceae by Johann Friedrich Klotzsch in 1859, and its uniqueness was affirmed by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew's Eupho ...

native to tropical America, from southern

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and the

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south as far as

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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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Chaetocarpus ''Chaetocarpus'' is a plant genus of the family Peraceae, formerly Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1854. ''Chaetocarpus'' species are trees or shrubs. They are native to the Americas, Africa,Breteler, F. J. (2002)Novitates Gabonens ...

'' *''P. echinocarpa'' - ''

Chaetocarpus echinocarpus ''Chaetocarpus'' is a plant genus of the family Peraceae, formerly Euphorbiaceae, first described as a genus in 1854. ''Chaetocarpus'' species are trees or shrubs. They are native to the Americas, Africa,Breteler, F. J. (2002)Novitates Gabonens ...

References

External links

Peraceae
in Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards)
Angiosperm Phylogeny Website
Version 7, May 2006. Malpighiales genera Peraceae {{Malpighiales-stub