Alzatea verticillata
Genus: 1 species.
Region: tropical South America., Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, Bolivia.
Habitat: moist submontane forests.
Botany
Small flowering tree.
Leaves: opposite, obovate or elliptical.
Flowers: actinomorphic; bisexual; lack a corolla; similar to Myrtaceae but the ovary is superior.
Fruit: loculicidal capsule.
Taxonomy
The closest relatives of Alzatea are in the families Penaeaceae, Oliniaceae, Rhynchocalycaceae of southern Africa.