Petrea

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{confused|Petrea, Ohio}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Sandpaper Vine (Petrea volubilis).jpg |image_caption = ''Petrea volubilis'' |subdivision_ranks=|subdivision=|taxon = Petrea |authority = L. |synonyms = ''Xolocotzia'' {{small|Miranda}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Petrea'' L. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:330589-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=20 March 2026}}</ref> }}

'''''Petrea''''' is a genus of evergreen flowering vines native to tropical Americas,<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Rueda|first=Ricardo M.|date=1994|title=Systematics and Evolution of the Genus Petrea (Verbenaceae)|journal=Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden|volume=81|issue=4|pages=610–652|doi=10.2307/2399914|jstor=2399914|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/30319 }}</ref> ranging from Florida and northeastern Mexico to Bolivia, Paraguay, and southern Brazil.<ref name = powo/>

The genus was named in honour of Robert James Petre, an English patron of botany.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=287450&isprofile=0&|title=Petrea volubilis - Plant Finder|website=www.missouribotanicalgarden.org|access-date=2019-02-12}}</ref>

==Species== 14 species are accepted.<ref name = powo/> *''Petrea aspera'' {{small|Turcz.}} *''Petrea asperifolia'' {{small|(Miranda) Hammel}} *''Petrea blanchetiana'' {{small|Schauer}} *''Petrea bracteata'' {{small|Steud.}} *''Petrea brevicalyx'' {{small|Ducke}} *''Petrea campinae'' {{small|Rueda}} *''Petrea guianensis'' {{small|Cham.}} *''Petrea insignis'' {{small|Schauer}} *''Petrea macrostachya'' {{small|Benth.}} *''Petrea maynensis'' {{small|Huber}} *''Petrea pubescens'' {{small|Turcz.}} *''Petrea rugosa'' {{small|Kunth}} *''Petrea sulphurea'' {{small|Jans.-Jac.}} *''Petrea volubilis'' {{small|L.}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Verbenaceae Category:Verbenaceae genera Category:Flora of the Neotropical realm Category:Plants described in 1753 Category:Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus