Microtea

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.