Pera is a genus of plants in the family Peraceae native to tropical America, from southern Mexico and the West Indies south as far as Paraguay.[1][2] It first described as a genus in 1784.[3][4]
moved to Chaetocarpus
Pera is a genus of plants in the family Peraceae native to tropical America, from southern Mexico and the West Indies south as far as Paraguay. It first described as a genus in 1784.
Species Pera androgyna - Distrito Federal in Brazil Pera anisotricha - Brazil Pera aperta - Panama Pera arborea Central America, Colombia, Venezuela Pera barbellata - S Mexico, N Central America Pera benensis - Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, NW Brazil Pera bicolor - NW Brazil, Venezuela, 3 Guianas Pera bumeliifolia - Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola Pera citriodora - S Venezuela, N Brazil Pera coccinea - Pará, Mato Grosso Pera colombiana - Colombia Pera decipiens - N South America Pera distichophylla - N South America Pera eiteniorum - Brazil Pera ekmanii - Cuba Pera elliptica - Bolivia Pera furfuracea - Bahia Pera glabrata - Trinidad, tropical S America Pera glomerata - Tortuga Island in Haiti Pera heteranthera - Brazil Pera longipes - Cuba Pera manausensis - Amazonas in Brazil Pera membranacea - Pará, Maranhão Pera microcarpa - Cuba Pera oppositifolia - Cuba Pera orientensis - Cuba Pera ovalifolia - Cuba Pera pallidifolia - Cuba Pera polylepis - Cuba Pera pulchrifolia - Amazonas in Brazil Pera rubra - Rio de Janeiro Pera tomentosa - S Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia Speciesmoved to Chaetocarpus
P. echinocarpa - Chaetocarpus echinocarpus
