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Purdiaea
Purdiaea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Clethraceae described as a genus in 1846. It is one of two genera in this family, and was formerly classified in the related family Cyrillaceae. Purdiaea is native to tropical regions of the Caribbean (with the highest species diversity on Cuba), Central America and northern South America, further south than the related genus Clethra, the only other genus of this family.
The genus is composed of shrubs and small trees with alternating leaves.
13 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Purdiaea belizensis
speciesPurdiaea belizensis
Purdiaea velutina
speciesPurdiaea velutina
Purdiaea nutans
speciesPurdiaea nutans
Purdiaea moaensis
speciesPurdiaea moaensis
Purdiaea cubensis
speciesPurdiaea cubensis
Purdiaea nipensis
speciesPurdiaea nipensis
Purdiaea shaferi
speciesPurdiaea shaferi
Purdiaea microphylla
speciesPurdiaea microphylla
Purdiaea stenopetala
speciesPurdiaea stenopetala
Purdiaea bissei
speciesPurdiaea bissei
Purdiaea ekmanii
speciesPurdiaea ekmanii
Purdiaea ophiticola
speciesPurdiaea ophiticola
Purdiaea parvifolia
speciesPurdiaea parvifolia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 913098.