Petraeovitex is a genus of eight climbing shrubs species known to science, of the mint family Lamiaceae (formerly placed within Verbenaceae).[2][3][4] Collectively, they grow naturally in Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, the Philippines, the Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands and Cape York Peninsula, Australia.[2][4][5]
Petraeovitex | |
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Nong Noch vine, Petraeovitex bambusetorum, Jardin botanique de Montréal, 2008 | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Genus: | Petraeovitex Oliv.[1] |
Type species | |
Petraeovitex riedelii Oliv. – a synonym of: Petraeovitex multiflora (Sm.) Merr.
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The 1981 review paper by Harold N. Moldenke was the source,[2] additional distribution information came from the Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system: