Porcelia

Porcelia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae containing at least 19 species of which all are native to Latin America.^[1]

Porcelia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Magnoliales
Family:	Annonaceae
Genus:	Porcelia Ruiz & Pav.

Species

• Porcelia macrocarpa R.E. Fr.
• Porcelia magnifructa R.E. Fr.
• Porcelia mediocris N.A. Murray
• Porcelia nitidifolia Ruiz & Pav.
• Porcelia ponderosa Rusby
• Porcelia steinbachii R.E. Fr.
• Porcelia venezuelanensis Pittier

Taxonomy

The genus was first described by Ruiz & Pav. and published in 'Florae Peruvianae, et Chilensis Prodromus 84, t. 16. 1794'.^[2]