Pera

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Peraceae
Genus: Pera
Species: P. androgyna – P. anisotricha – P. aperta – P. arborea – P. barbellata – P. benensis – P. bicolor – P. bumeliifolia – P. citriodora – P. coccinea – P. colombiana – P. decipiens – P. distichophylla – P. eiteniorum – P. ekmanii – P. elliptica – P. furfuracea – P. glabrata – P. glomerata – P. heteranthera – P. longipes – P. manausensis – P. membranacea – P. microcarpa – P. oppositifolia – P. orientensis – P. ovalifolia – P. pallidifolia – P. polylepis – P. pulchrifolia – P. rubra – P. tomentosa
Name

Pera Mutis, Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 5: 299. (1784) et Pera Mutis & Croizat, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 29: 357. (1942), descr. emend.

Type species: Pera arborea Mutis, Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 5: 299. (1784)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Perula Schreb., Gen. Pl., ed. 8[a], 2: 703. (1791)
Spixia Leandro, Denkschr. Königl. Akad. Wiss. München 7: 231. (1818-1820 publ. 1821)
Peridium Schott in K.Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 4(2): 410. (1827)
Schismatopera Klotzsch, Arch. Naturgesch. 7: 178. (1841)
Clistranthus Poit. ex Baill., Étude Euphorb.: 434. (1858)

References

Mutis, J.C.B. 1784. Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar 5: 299.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Pera in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Apr. 22. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2020. Pera. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Apr. 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2920. Pera. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 22 2920.
Tropicos.org 2020. Pera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Apr. 22.

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

Pera differs from other Euphorbiaceae in several characteristics and some classifications place it in its own family, Peraceae,[5] rather than include Rafflesiaceae into the Euphorbiaceae.

Species[1]

Pera androgyna - Distrito Federal in Brazil
Pera anisotricha - Brazil
Pera aperta - Panama
Pera arborea Central America, Colombia, Venezuela
Pera barbellata - S Mexico, N Central America
Pera benensis - Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, NW Brazil
Pera bicolor - NW Brazil, Venezuela, 3 Guianas
Pera bumeliifolia - Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola
Pera citriodora - S Venezuela, N Brazil
Pera coccinea - Pará, Mato Grosso
Pera colombiana - Colombia
Pera decipiens - N South America
Pera distichophylla - N South America
Pera eiteniorum - Brazil
Pera ekmanii - Cuba
Pera elliptica - Bolivia
Pera furfuracea - Bahia
Pera glabrata - Trinidad, tropical S America
Pera glomerata - Tortuga Island in Haiti
Pera heteranthera - Brazil
Pera longipes - Cuba
Pera manausensis - Amazonas in Brazil
Pera membranacea - Pará, Maranhão
Pera microcarpa - Cuba
Pera oppositifolia - Cuba
Pera orientensis - Cuba
Pera ovalifolia - Cuba
Pera pallidifolia - Cuba
Pera polylepis - Cuba
Pera pulchrifolia - Amazonas in Brazil
Pera rubra - Rio de Janeiro
Pera tomentosa - S Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia

Species[1]

moved to Chaetocarpus

P. echinocarpa - Chaetocarpus echinocarpus

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Mutis, José Celestino Bruno. 1784. Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar 5: 299
Tropicos, genus Pera
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.
Klotzsch, Johann Friedrich. 1859. Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1859: 241, 246 in German