''Perrottetia'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s in the family Dipentodontaceae described in 1824.Tropicos, Perrottetia Kunth
/ref> Species occur in

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Papuasia Papuasia is a Level 2 botanical region defined in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD). It lies in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in the Melanesia ecoregion of Oceania and Tropical Asia. It comprises th ...

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, and

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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 495 核子木 he zi mu ''Perrottetia racemosa'' (Oliver) Loesener in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. 1: 224. 1897.
/ref> It is the largest genus of the recently described order Huerteales.

Taxonomy

This genus was previously placed in the staff vine family

Celastraceae The Celastraceae (staff-vine or bittersweet) are a family of 98 genera and 1,350 species of herbs, vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales. The great majority of the genera are tropical, with only ''Celastrus'' (the staf ...

, but molecular evidence has shown that it not related and better placed with '' Dipentodon'' in a separate family Dipentodontaceae.

Species and subspecies

;accepted taxa * '' Perrottetia alpestris'' - insular Southeast Asia,

, Queensland ** subsp. ''moluccana'' ** subsp. ''philippinensis'' * '' Perrottetia arisanensis'' -

Yunnan Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...

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* '' Perrottetia caliensis'' - Colombia * '' Perrottetia calva'' - Colombia * '' Perrottetia colorata'' - Colombia * '' Perrottetia distichophylla'' - Colombia * '' Perrottetia excelsa'' - Panama * '' Perrottetia gentryi'' - Colombia, Peru, Bolivia * '' Perrottetia guacharana'' - Colombia * '' Perrottetia lanceolata'' - Venezuela * '' Perrottetia longistylis'' - S Mexico, Central America * '' Perrottetia maxima'' - Colombia * '' Perrottetia multiflora'' - from Costa Rica to Peru * '' Perrottetia ovata'' - C + S Mexico * '' Perrottetia quinduensis'' - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia * '' Perrottetia racemosa'' - S China * ''

Perrottetia sandwicensis ''Perrottetia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Dipentodontaceae described in 1824. Species occur in China, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Hawaii, Australia, and Latin America. It is the largest genus of the recently described order Hue ...

'' – Olomea or Waimea -

* '' Perrottetia sessiliflora'' -

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, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru * '' Perrottetia simplicissima'' - Colombia

References

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