''Petrea'' is a genus of evergreen flowering
vine
A vine ( Latin ''vīnea'' "grapevine", "vineyard", from ''vīnum'' "wine") is any plant with a growth habit of trailing or scandent (that is, climbing) stems, lianas or runners. The word ''vine'' can also refer to such stems or runners thems ...
s native to tropical
Americas.
The genus was named in honour of
Robert James Petre, an English
patron
Patronage is the support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows on another. In the history of art, arts patronage refers to the support that kings, popes, and the wealthy have provided to artists su ...
of botany.
Species
The following species are currently recognized:
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Petrea blanchetiana''
Schauer
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Petrea bracteata
''Petrea'' is a genus of evergreen flowering vines native to tropical Americas.
The genus was named in honour of Robert James Petre, an English patron of botany.
Species
The following species are currently recognized:
*'' Petrea blanchetian ...
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Steud.
Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel (30 May 1783 – 12 May 1856) was a German physician and an authority on grasses.
Biography
Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel was born at Esslingen am Neckar in Baden-Württemberg.
He was educated at the University of Tübinge ...
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''Petrea'' ''brevicalyx'' Ducke
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''Petrea'' ''campinae'' Rueda
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Petrea insignis
''Petrea'' is a genus of evergreen flowering vines native to tropical Americas.
The genus was named in honour of Robert James Petre, an English patron of botany.
Species
The following species are currently recognized:
*'' Petrea blanchetian ...
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Schauer
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Petrea macrostachya
''Petrea'' is a genus of evergreen flowering vines native to tropical Americas.
The genus was named in honour of Robert James Petre, an English patron of botany.
Species
The following species are currently recognized:
*'' Petrea blanchetian ...
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Benth.
George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...
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''Petrea'' ''maynensis'' Huber
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Petrea pubescens
''Petrea'' is a genus of evergreen flowering vines native to tropical Americas.
The genus was named in honour of Robert James Petre, an English patron of botany.
Species
The following species are currently recognized:
*'' Petrea blanchetian ...
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Turcz.
Nikolai Stepanovich Turczaninow ( ru , Николай Степанович Турчанинов, 1796 in Nikitovka, now in Krasnogvardeysky District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia – 1863 in Kharkov) was a Russian botanist and plant collector wh ...
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Petrea rugosa
''Petrea'' is a genus of evergreen flowering vines native to tropical Americas.
The genus was named in honour of Robert James Petre, an English patron of botany.
Species
The following species are currently recognized:
*'' Petrea blanchetian ...
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Kunth
Carl Sigismund Kunth (18 June 1788 – 22 March 1850), also Karl Sigismund Kunth or anglicized as Charles Sigismund Kunth, was a German botanist. He is known for being one of the first to study and categorise plants from the American continent ...
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Petrea sulphurea
''Petrea'' is a genus of evergreen flowering vines native to tropical Americas.
The genus was named in honour of Robert James Petre, an English patron of botany.
Species
The following species are currently recognized:
*'' Petrea blanchetian ...
'' Jans.-Jac.
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Petrea volubilis
''Petrea volubilis'', commonly known as purple wreath, queen's wreath, sandpaper vine, and nilmani, is an evergreen flowering vine in the family Verbenaceae, native to Tropical America, that is valued especially for its display of violet flowers. ...
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L.
References
Verbenaceae
Verbenaceae genera
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