Microtea Explained

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

Microtea was originally placed in the family Phytolaccaceae, but is now placed in its own family, the Microteaceae.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Schäferh. & Borsch, Willdenowia 39(2): 223 (2010)