Taxon: Petrea volubilis L.

Summary

Genus:

Petrea

Family:

Verbenaceae

Nomen number:

312891

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:626. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

10/20/2006 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

17 (3 active, 1 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Petrea arborea Kunth
Petrea aspera Turcz.
Petrea racemosa Nees

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica Note: mentions
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. 1978-. Flora de Veracruz.
Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. Note: mentions
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Note: Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	purple-wreath	1	1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
English	queen's-wreath	1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English	sandpaper	1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Swedish	propellerbuske	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Coahuila de Zaragoza		Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosí		Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Tamaulipas		Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Campeche		Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas		Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero		Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Hidalgo		Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	México		Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacán de Ocampo		Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca		Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla		Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Querétaro		Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Quintana Roo		Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tabasco		Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave		Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Yucatán		Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil			Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Antigua and Barbuda			Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. Note: mentions
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Cuba			Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Dominican Republic			Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Guadeloupe			Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. Note: mentions
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Jamaica			Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica Note: mentions
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad		Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	United States	Puerto Rico		Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Belize			Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Costa Rica			Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	El Salvador			Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Guatemala			Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Honduras			Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Nicaragua			Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Panama			Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	French Guiana			Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Guyana			Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Suriname			Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela			Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay			Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia	El Beni		Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia			Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Guayas		Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Morona Santiago		Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Napo		Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru			Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
2	Cultivated					widely cult. in tropics	Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.
4	Naturalized					widely natzd. in tropics	Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Coahuila de Zaragoza, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Hidalgo, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán]

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Antigua and Barbuda, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago [Trinidad], United States [Puerto Rico]
CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
BRAZIL: Brazil
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia [El Beni], Colombia, Ecuador [Guayas, Morona Santiago, Napo], Peru
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Paraguay

Cultivated (widely cult. in tropics)
Naturalized (widely natzd. in tropics)

Reference(s)

Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica Note: mentions
Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. Note: mentions
Rueda, Ricardo M. 1994. Systematics and evolution of the genus Petrea (Verbenaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81:644-647.

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Reference
Environmental	ornamental	Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
Environmental	ornamental	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Environmental	ornamental	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=312891. Accessed 9 May 2026.