Petrea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Verbenaceae
Tribus: Petreeae
Genus: Petrea
Species: P. blanchetiana – P. bracteata – P. brevicalyx – P. campinae – P. guianensis – P. insignis – P. macrostachya – P. maynensis – P. pubescens – P. rugosa – P. sulphurea – P. volubilis – P. xolocotzia
Name

Petrea L., 1753.

Typus: P. volubilis
L.

Synonyms

Homotypic
Petraea B.Juss. ex Juss., Gen. Pl. (Jussieu) 108. 1789, orth. var.
Heterotypic
Xolocotzia Miranda, Bol. Soc. Bot. México 29: 39 (1965) not universally accepted.

Unplaced names

Petrea dentata Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 671. 1825.
Petrea denticulata Schrad., Gött. Gel. Anz. 1: 712. 1821.
Petrea glaziovii Briq. ex Moldenke, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 43: 209, nomen. 1938.
Petrea oblonga Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 761. 1825.

Petrea volubilis

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 626.
Farr, E. R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996-. Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). 2010 Oct 02 [1].
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Petrea in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 22 {{{3}}}. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Petrea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 May 22.

Vernacular names

Petrea is a genus of evergreen flowering vines native to tropical Americas.[1]

The genus was named in honour of Robert James Petre, an English patron of botany.[1][2]
Species

The following species are currently recognized:[1]

Petrea blanchetiana Schauer
Petrea bracteata Steud.
Petrea brevicalyx Ducke
Petrea campinae Rueda
Petrea insignis Schauer
Petrea macrostachya Benth.
Petrea maynensis Huber
Petrea pubescens Turcz.
Petrea rugosa Kunth
Petrea sulphurea Jans.-Jac.
Petrea volubilis L.

References

Rueda, Ricardo M. (1994). "Systematics and Evolution of the Genus Petrea (Verbenaceae)". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 81 (4): 610–652. doi:10.2307/2399914. JSTOR 2399914.
"Petrea volubilis - Plant Finder". www.missouribotanicalgarden.org. Retrieved 2019-02-12.