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Microtea
Sign in to saveMicrotea, the jumby peppers, are a genus of flowering plants in the family Microteaceae, native to the Caribbean islands, Central America, and tropical South America.
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- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyMicroteaceae
Native toArgentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic
Observations recorded5,400
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Microtea, the jumby peppers, are a genus of flowering plants in the family Microteaceae, native to the Caribbean islands, Central America, and tropical South America.
==Species== Ten species are currently accepted. Microtea bahiensis Microtea celosioides Microtea debilis – weak jumby pepper Microtea glochidiata Microtea maypurensis Microtea papillosa Microtea portoricensis – Puerto Rico jumby pepper Microtea scabrida Microtea sulcicaulis Microtea tenuifolia
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