Perrottetia

Perrottetia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Dipentodontaceae described in 1824. Species occur in China, Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Hawaii, Australia, and Latin America. It is the largest genus of the recently described order Huerteales.

Taxonomy
This genus was previously placed in the staff vine family Celastraceae, but molecular evidence has shown that it not related and better placed with Dipentodon in a separate family Dipentodontaceae.

Species and subspecies

 * accepted taxa
 * Perrottetia alpestris  - insular Southeast Asia, Papuasia, Queensland
 * subsp. moluccana
 * subsp. philippinensis
 * Perrottetia arisanensis  - Yunnan, Taiwan
 * Perrottetia caliensis - Colombia
 * Perrottetia calva - Colombia
 * Perrottetia colorata - Colombia
 * Perrottetia distichophylla - Colombia
 * Perrottetia excelsa  - Panama
 * Perrottetia gentryi  - Colombia, Peru, Bolivia
 * Perrottetia guacharana - Colombia
 * Perrottetia lanceolata - Venezuela
 * Perrottetia longistylis - S Mexico, Central America
 * Perrottetia maxima - Colombia
 * Perrottetia multiflora - from Costa Rica to Peru
 * Perrottetia ovata - C + S Mexico
 * Perrottetia quinduensis - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia
 * Perrottetia racemosa - S China
 * Perrottetia sandwicensis – Olomea or Waimea - Hawaii
 * Perrottetia sessiliflora - Chiapas, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
 * Perrottetia simplicissima - Colombia