Microtea
| Microtea | |
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| 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 | |
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10; see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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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.