Pyrenaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. It includes 27 species native to tropical Asia, ranging from the eastern Indian subcontinent to Indochina, western Malesia, southern China, and Taiwan.[1]

Pyrenaria
Pyrenaria microcarpa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Theaceae
Genus: Pyrenaria
Blume (1827)
Synonyms[1]
  • Dubardella H.J.Lam (1925)
  • Eusynaxis Griff. (1854)
  • Glyptocarpa Hu (1965)
  • Parapyrenaria Hung T.Chang (1963)
  • Sinopyrenaria Hu (1956)
  • Tutcheria Dunn (1908)

It contains the following species:

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Pyrenaria". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2023.