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Microtea
Botanical illustration of Microtea glochidiata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Microteaceae Schäferhoff & Borsch (2010)
Genus:	Microtea Sw. (1788)
Species
10; see text
Synonyms
Ancistrocarpus Kunth (1817) Ceratococca Willd. (1820) Potamophila Schrank (1821) Schollera Rohr (1792), nom. illeg.

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 Marchior. & J.C.Siqueira
• Microtea celosioides (Spreng.) Moq. ex Sennikov & Sukhor.
• Microtea debilis Sw. – weak jumby pepper
• Microtea glochidiata Moq.
• Microtea maypurensis (Kunth) G.Don
• Microtea papillosa Marchior. & J.C.Siqueira
• Microtea portoricensis Urb. – Puerto Rico jumby pepper
• Microtea scabrida Urb.
• Microtea sulcicaulis Chodat
• Microtea tenuifolia Moq.

Microtea was originally placed in the family Phytolaccaceae, but is now placed in its own family, the Microteaceae.

References

1. Prodr. 53. 1788
2. ^ Microtea Sw. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
3. Schäferh. & Borsch, Willdenowia 39(2): 223 (2010)

• Caryophyllales
• Caryophyllales genera
• Flora of Southern America
• Taxa described in 1788
• Taxa named by Olof Swartz