Perebea

Perebea
Perebea guianensis in the original publication of Fusée-Aublet (1775)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Moraceae
Genus:	Perebea Aubl.[1]
Species[2]
10; see text
Synonyms[2]
Noyera Trécul (1847)

Perebea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Moraceae. It includes ten species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Nicaragua to Bolivia and central Brazil.[2]

Species

Ten species are accepted.[2]

• Perebea angustifolia (Poepp. & Endl.) C.C.Berg
• Perebea guianensis Aubl. (type)
• Perebea hispidula Standl.
• Perebea humilis C.C.Berg
• Perebea longepedunculata C.C.Berg
• Perebea mennegae C.C.Berg
• Perebea mollis (Poepp. & Endl.) Huber
• Perebea rubra (Trécul) C.C.Berg
  • Perebea rubra subsp. glabrifolia (Ducke) C.C.Berg (syn. Perebea glabrifolia (Ducke) C.C.Berg)
  • Perebea rubra subsp. rubra
• Perebea tessmannii Mildbr.
• Perebea xanthochyma H.Karst.

References

1. The genus Perebea, and its type P. guianensis, were originally described and published in Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise 2: 952. 1775. "Name - Perebea Aubl". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: MOBOT. Retrieved December 20, 2012. Type Specimens: T: Perebea guianensis Aubl.
2. "Perebea Aubl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

External links

• Original genus description by Fusée Aublet
• Illustration of Perebea guianensis (as Castilla australis Hemsley) from Hooker’s Icones Plantarum, vol. 27: t. 2676 (1901)